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Reference to the '''Hilton Tool & Machine Co.''' is made in {{ep|1x19}}. In the episode a long thin box is seen in the [[Drug Smugglers' Plane|Nigerian beechcraft]] (as Locke enters the plane) with the following information stenciled on the side:
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Reference to the '''Hilton Tool & Machine Co.''' is made in {{ep|1x19}}. In the episode a long thin box is seen in the [[Drug Smugglers' Plane|Nigerian Beechcraft]] (as Locke enters the plane) with the following information stenciled on the side:
 
 
 
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
*Although the company is clearly fictional, there is a real [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-compint-0000552619-page.html Hilton Tool & Die Corp.] in Rochester, New York, and a [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-compint-0000575788-page.html Hilton Tool Company Inc.] in Clackamas, Oregon.
 
*Although the company is clearly fictional, there is a real [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-compint-0000552619-page.html Hilton Tool & Die Corp.] in Rochester, New York, and a [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-compint-0000575788-page.html Hilton Tool Company Inc.] in Clackamas, Oregon.
 
 
*"BRONX 60, N. Y." is a old style postal zone code in New York. The modern ZIP code for Bronx 60 is Bronx 10460.
 
*"BRONX 60, N. Y." is a old style postal zone code in New York. The modern ZIP code for Bronx 60 is Bronx 10460.
 
 
*It is likely that "DIN" & "PIN" each refer to a type of "Identification Number" used by the company to codify its goods. What the full abbreviations stand for is unknown.
 
*It is likely that "DIN" & "PIN" each refer to a type of "Identification Number" used by the company to codify its goods. What the full abbreviations stand for is unknown.
   
 
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Latest revision as of 18:48, 4 April 2009

Reference to the Hilton Tool & Machine Co. is made in "Deus Ex Machina". In the episode a long thin box is seen in the Nigerian Beechcraft (as Locke enters the plane) with the following information stenciled on the side:

HILTON TOOL & MACHINE CO
BRONX 60, N. Y.
DIN (followed by an illegible 5 digit number)
PIN (followed by a longer illegible combination)

Notes

  • Although the company is clearly fictional, there is a real Hilton Tool & Die Corp. in Rochester, New York, and a Hilton Tool Company Inc. in Clackamas, Oregon.
  • "BRONX 60, N. Y." is a old style postal zone code in New York. The modern ZIP code for Bronx 60 is Bronx 10460.
  • It is likely that "DIN" & "PIN" each refer to a type of "Identification Number" used by the company to codify its goods. What the full abbreviations stand for is unknown.