Charger, battery
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TRICKLE/AC ELECTROLYTE RECTIFIER
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0703.001
- MANUFACTURER
- KIPP, H.M. CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- UNITRON
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS/ FABRIC COVERED WIRING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.2 cm
- Width
- 9.0 cm
- Height
- 16.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Generation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- KIPP
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1930
- Canada
-
FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER,FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING. - Function
-
DEVICE THAT APPLIES POWER TO CHARGE AUTOMOTIVE BATTERY. - Technical
-
RELATIVELY SHORT-LIVED TYPE OF RECTIFIER BECAUSE OF ITS LIMITED CAPACITY AS WELL AS TO ITS DELICACY & CONSTANT CARE IT REQUIRED. TRICKLE CHARGERS WERE USED FOR CHARGING AUTOMOTIVE, AS WELL AS RADIO, BATTERIES IN PERIOD PRIOR TO ALTERNATING CURRENT SUPPLIES BRING BUILT INTO RADIO ITSELF (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE READING "UNITRON TRICKLE/ TRADE MARK REGISTERED U.S. PAT. OFFICE/ A.C. VOLTS 110 A.C. CYCLES 25/ A.C. WATTS 7-14 D.C. AMPS 4-8/ Forest Electric Co. of Canada, LIMITED/ TORONTO, CANADA/ PATENTS PENDING"/ INSPECTION TAG READS "THE H.M. KIPP COMPANY LIMITED"
- Missing
- GLASS JAR
- Finish
- GLOSSY BLACK PAINTED CASING WITH GOLD PAINTED PARTS/ BLACK CONTROLS, WIRE COVERING
- Decoration
- N/A
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KIPP, H.M. CO. LTD., Charger, battery, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1997.0703, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0703.001/
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