Talk:Teasmade

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Information provided by me (Sheridan H) is, in places, adapted and quoted from my website teasmade.com. I am the owner and webmaster of this website and as the original author give permission to use this content under GFDL.

I also coined the word "teawaker" when Littlewoods, owner of the trademark "Teasmade" refused to allow the generic use of the word "teasmade" on my website. I am of the opinion that the generic "teamaker" is frequently inadequate as it fails to express the unique quality of a tea making appliance which also acts as an alarm clock. Although some teawakers, including Teasmades, have a 'Tea Now' facility which allows them to operate on demand, this is not the central function of a teawaker. The genericised word Teasmade is not used to describe an appliance which only operates on a Tea Now basis. Goblin, original owners of the Teasmade trademark did not use the mark for appliances which operated on a 'Tea Now' basis.

I have no commercial intent in using the word teawaker. My altruistic ambition is to have it incorporated in the dictionary and to maintain it as a word which can be used by all inventors and manufacturers, users and collectors with impunity. I would like to use this word freely where applicable in the Teasmade stub and would welcome support for this amendment and for inclusion of the word Teawaker in its own stub.

Sheridan H 10:10, 12 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Personally I would prefer that Wikipedia continues to rely on authoritative sources for the vocabulary of its articles. I would be slightly happier with it if the Oxford English Dictionary had already seen fit to include the word "teawaker". I'm not really convinced that it is Wikipedia's role to extend the language by giving currency to words which have not as yet gained that recognition.


 * The other problem I had with the word was that, just as "teamaker" does not distinguish tea making machines with an alarm function from those without, "teawaker" does not cover one of the functions of the Teasmade, which is to make tea immediately, without the use of the alarm function. I don't think - from my own experience of living with a Teasmade in a small bedsit for several years - that this is just an ancillary function to the main one of making tea in the mornings; it is quite an important one in its own right. We seem then to be confronted by two words, neither of which fully describe all the functions of a Teasmade; one of these words is already in existence, while the other is not. My own preference is hence for "teamaker", or if necessary "automatic teamaker". Others may have a different view. --Stephen Burnett 23:30, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Kindly note that as mentioned above although at first Goblin branded all their teamakers as Teasmades, before long they used a different name for a teamaker which did not incorporate an alarm clock. Surely there is no higher authority than the original owner of the mark? I do not mind if other contributors do not feel comfortable using the word teawaker, but I maintain I should be allowed to use it with impunity myself! It is also noteworty that the trademark database has as its definition of a Teasmade "Time controlled electric apparatus for making tea." Note that the 'tea now' facility is not mentioned. --Sheridan H 08:30, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

It looks like Mr Bean modified one to be a funny alarm clock that sprays him with possibly hot water. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.183.153.95 (talk) 20:17, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

The webpage for RBC Electronics, www.rbcelectronics.co.uk, seems to be defunct. I was not able to find a website for the company. Suggest removing this items from the 'external links' section.114.75.166.76 (talk) 03:12, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Trademark
Swan, as a company, no longer exists. The remains, including the trademark, was bought by Moulinex, which in turn collapsed in 2001, the remains acquired by Groupe SEB. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.229.48.242 (talk) 20:44, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Corrective evidence
I cannot verify that "Teasmade" is the original/correct name for these kinds of products.

Wikipedia attributes these kinds of products to a company called Goblin. Contrary to the current wikipedia article, real-world evidence suggests that Goblin did not use the "Teasmade" name for their alarm clock products, preferring "Teamatic" instead.

Either Goblin is not the origin of these products, or the original name fell out of favour. In either case, the current Wikipedia article is incorrect.

Sources:

http://media-s3.viva-images.com/vivastreet_gb/clad/23/0/51959196/large/1.jpg?dt=a328495fdd28527f7ddb6b26b166e9d8

http://www.dansdata.com/images/blog/teasmade/teasmade500.jpg