Cutter, forage
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC/SPIRAL KNIFE
- DATE
- 1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.1023.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SILVER MFG. CO.
- MODEL
- 8 1/2
- LOCATION
- Salem, Ohio, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 8F5304 (MOTOR)
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD FEEDING TABLE LINED WITH NON-ORIGINAL SHEET METAL/ METAL KNIVES & CHOPPER HOUSING/ SHEET METAL SHUTE/ NON-ORIGINAL METAL STAND, MOTOR &FLYWHEEL/ PLYWOOD MOTOR PLATFORM/ NON-ORIGINAL SHEET METAL DUST SHIELD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 137.0 cm
- Width
- 56.5 cm
- Height
- 159.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Crop processing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SILVER
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Ohio
- City
- Salem
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1900+
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY ROTARY REEL/SPIRAL KNIFE TYPE HAND-POWERED FORAGE CHOPPER - Function
-
ORIGINAL FUNCTION TO CUT FORAGE CROPS INTO SMALL PIECES IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM MORE PALATABLE TO LIVESTOCK; MODIFIED FUNCTION TO CHOP PLANT MATERIAL IN CONJUNCTION WITH EXPERIMENTAL WORK AT CEF. - Technical
-
MOTOR PROVIDED POWER REQUIRED TO CUT PLANT MATERIAL (E.G. CORN STALKS) WHICH, UNLIKE DRY STRAW, REQUIRED MORE CHOPPING POWER THAN AN INDIVIDUAL COULD GENERATE WITH A HAND CRANK FOR A PROLONGUED PERIOD OF TIME - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RAISED LETTERS ON CHOPPER HOUSING READ: 'No 8 1 2/ 413/ THE SILVER MFG CO/ SALEM O/ 412/ PAT'D, MARCH 25, 1890'/ 'FORANO/ PLESS VILLE/ CANADA' ON FLYWHEEL/ BILINGUAL LABELS ON MOTOR READ: 'CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC/ COMPANY LIMITED/ UTILITY MOTOR/ 60 HERTZ- 1 PHASE/ 3/4 HORSEPOWER/ BALL BEARINGS/ MADE IN CANADA AT PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO/ 136A3685' & 'AC MOTOR GE CGE [LOGO] CSA/ MODEL 5J501DBY2 FR 45 TYPE KC/ PH1/ HP 3/4 V115/230 A12/6 SF/ RPM 1725 Hz60 SFS/ CSA ENCL DP MAS AMB 40C INSUL CALSS B/ THERMALLY PROTECTED GY'/ OTHER LABELS ON MOTOR CONTAIN SAFETY & 'CONNECTION DIAGRAM' INFO/ RAISED NOS. ON ORIGINAL PARTS THROUGHOUT
- Missing
- ORIGINAL STAND
- Finish
- FEEDING TABLE WOOD RE-PAINTED GRAY & METAL UNFINISHED/ CHOPPER HOUSING METAL PAINTED RED/ SHUTE & STAND METAL RE-PAINTED GRAY/ MOTOR PLATFORM PLYWOOD PAINTED BLACK/ DUST SHIELD METAL PAINTED GREEN
- Decoration
- N/A
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SILVER MFG. CO., Cutter, forage, circa 1890, Artifact no. 1978.1023, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.1023.001/
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