General Electric fridge with rotating shelves for PhD
Feb 14, 2023 13:44:46 GMT
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Post by emmaatkins on Feb 14, 2023 13:44:46 GMT
Hi there, I'm a PhD student researching whether food waste was factored into fridge design. I was hoping you could help with a query about a General Electric model from the 1950s that featured rotating shelves - see advert below.
I was wondering if someone would be able to help me find out why these models ceased production. In the book 'Refrigeration: A History' (2015), Carroll Gantz says that these models stopped being produced because children would spin the shelves so fast that items would fly off them. However he does not cite a source for this claim. Is there any material that could corroborate this or give another account of why they did not make it to present day fridges?
Many thanks!
I was wondering if someone would be able to help me find out why these models ceased production. In the book 'Refrigeration: A History' (2015), Carroll Gantz says that these models stopped being produced because children would spin the shelves so fast that items would fly off them. However he does not cite a source for this claim. Is there any material that could corroborate this or give another account of why they did not make it to present day fridges?
Many thanks!
