Series S01092 - Design and technical drawings

• Graphic material

0.07 m of graphic material and textual records

Series consists of approximately 290 drawings created by Fred and Glenn Moffatt as ideas for small electrical appliances and furniture progressed from conceptual designs to the technical drawings required for manufacturing. Many of the drawings are original sketches made using pencil, but there are also many diazo print copies. Kettles feature prominently in the series, including sketches by Fred Moffatt showing a kettle with a built-in sole plate so that a person could iron while they make coffee, a model with a built-in asbestos mitt-handle, and another with a plexiglass shield (2024-006/009(23)). Other drawings deal with shell contours and details of handle assemblies and switch buttons. Many of the drawings pertain to Glenn Moffatt's design of 1.5 to 2-litre kettles in 1983-84 for Canadian General Electric Company Limited's plant in Barrie, Ontario, with later work done for Superior Electrics Limited. Other drawings show sketches of an electric frying pan, a vacuum cleaner, portable heaters, a lawn trimmer, a medication cup, electric heaters. The work of other designers is represented, including sketches of kettles by Harold Shifman, a storage wall unit by Muller+Stewart Limited, and technical drawings by Strix Limited, a company on the Isle of Mann.