General Information

Serial #

2317

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BOX, PLATES, & INSIDE COVERS/ WOODEN INSULATORS FOR CAPACITOR CONNECTORS/ COTTON, PLASTIC, & RUBBER COATED WIRES/ CERAMIC WIRE INSULATORS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

35.4 cm

Width

24.2 cm

Height

14.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telephony

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

LORAIN

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Ohio

City

Lorain

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

C. 1956

Canada

COMPONENT MODEL, RINGING CONVERTER, MADE IN TORONTO, ON., CAN.

Function

CONVERTS FREQUENCY CURRENT FROM 60 TO 20 CYCLES. USED AT A CENTRAL OFFICE.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

FIRST PLATE READS: 'TRADE MARK/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ SUB-CYCLE/ TO THE LEFT OF THE SYMBOL OF DIRECT & ALTERNATING CURRENT, FREQUENCY CONVERTER IS:'PATS./ 1,633,481/ 2,086,618'/ TO THE RIGHT OF THE SYMBOL IS: '2,088,619/ 2,179,386'/ BELOW IS: 'STATIC FREQUENCY CONVERTER/ VOLTS WATTS/ FREQUENCY [HEADINGS FOR COLUMNS]/ 'INPUT [HEADING FOR SIDE COLUMN] 115 75 60 [IN COLUMNS][THE SYMBOL FOR DIRECT CURRENT]'/ 'OUTPUT [HEADING FOR SIDE COLUMN] 75-90 15-2020 [IN COLUMNS] [THE SYMBOL FOR DIRECT CURRENT]'/ LORAIN PRODUCTS CORPORATION/ LORAIN, OHIO, U.S.A./ MODEL BX-60 SERIAL 2317'/ SECOND PLATE READS: 'MODEL BX-CDN-SUB-CYCLE/ "RINGING CONVERTER/ SUPPLIED BY/ AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC/ SALES (CANADA) LIMITED/ TORONTO, CANADA./ CSA [LOGO]"/ DECAL: "LISTED UNDER/ REEXAMINATION SERVICE/ OF UNDERWRITER'S LABORATIVES" [WITHIN A CIRCLE]'/ WITHIN A CIRCLE IS: "UL"/ STAMPED ON THE CONVERTER'S INTERIOR BASE IN BLACK IS: "8290"/ ENGRAVED WIRE: "[A CROWN] 18/2 TYPE SJ 300 VOLTS [A CROWN]"

Missing

N/A

Finish

METAL BOX PAINTED GREY/ INSIDE METAL COVERS PAINTED BLACKWITH WHITEPAINTED LETTER-NUMBER LABELS/ BLACK PLATES, WITH SILVER LETTERING & BORDER/ RED & YELLOW DECAL WITH BLACK LETTERING/ CERAMIC PAINTED BLACK/ BLACK RUBBER, WITH WHITE LETTERING.

Decoration

SQUARE & STAR SHAPED BAND OF SCREENING, WITHIN METAL COVER.