Tappan (brand)

Tappan is a brand of appliances, named after company founder W. J. Tappan.[1]

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Tappan gas range (1948 advertisement)

Tappan claimed several innovations:

  • 1920s all-porcelain range available in various colors
  • 1955 the first microwave oven model for home use
  • 1960s electric ignition for gas ranges
  • 1965 single-unit conventional range and microwave oven

History

In 1881, Tappan appliances was founded by W.J. Tappan as the Ohio Valley Foundry Company in Bellaire, Ohio, initially selling cast-iron stoves door-to-door.

In 1889, the company relocated to Mansfield, Ohio, and was renamed the Eclipse Stove Company, before then being renamed the Tappan Stove Company.

In 1950, Tappan acquired the Los Angeles-based O'Keefe & Merritt Stove Company and used the O'Keefe & Merritt name in the western United States from then until the late 1980s.[2][3]

In 1979, Tappan became a subsidiary of White Consolidated Industries (WCI)

In 1986 WCI became a subsidiary of AB Electrolux.

In 1997, the North American division of Electrolux was reorganized as Electrolux Home Products of North America, consolidating American Yard Products, Frigidaire, and Poulan/Weedeater.

  • Taylor Rolling Kitchen in France, 1918, which was manufactured by Eclipse Stove Company

References
  1. report, News Journal staff. "Tappan site demolition continues". Mansfield News Journal. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  2. "What's new with manufacturers". Gas Appliance Merchandising Vol. 23. January 1951. Cite journal requires |journal= (help) p. 22.
  3. "California". Industry Week Volume 128, Part 1. 1951. Cite journal requires |journal= (help) p. 127.


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