If you look carefully at the badge above, you'll see the letters REC in the middle. The Rotor Electric Company was headquartered at 123 Bentworth Avenue in Toronto and manufactured a wide variety of electric appliances for the home market: transformers, toasters, heaters, blenders, cooking utensils, car warmers, exercisers, fans, humidifiers, hair dryers, battery chargers, cabinets for TV sets and record players. From 1954 to 1960, it supplied a lot of equipment to Admiral for the production of TV sets.
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The "Torcan" trademark is now owned by Matsushita Seiko Co., Ltd. of Osaka, Japan.
8 comments:
I would. Love to know more of rotor electric. My father was there from the start and designed most of the early stuff. It was started by Benjamin Benny
I have a stereo and separate speaker system. Serial no# 1126 and no 1262. If you can tell me ANYTHING about these pieces I would really appriciate it. Thank you
I can't help you, but maybe the folks on the antique radio forum can. There'a link to their forum under the image of the phonograph above.
I am still using the Electric Refrigerator and Freezer Defroster in my 1955 refrigerator. I bought it in 1969.
Thankful.
(Your comment is from a few years ago) but I'd like to know more too! I'd certainly like to know ornsee what some of your father's early designs were. I might have a Torcan fan that he designed!
I have the original torcan box fan that’s green with the rocker 2 speed switch and the motor was made by McMullen electric in Toronto
Thanks for the feedback. McMullen electric, another company to research!
Milton Demerling was the main mechanical brain behind design and setup during bankruptcy and moving locations. My father got along with Benny and Marvin, travelled with them. Glad the manager Breeze angered my father and he joined the design team at Clairtone
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