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- OBJECT TYPE
- FOLDING
- DATE
- 1965
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0815.001
- MANUFACTURER
- National Research Council Canada
- MODEL
- TYPHLOCANE
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM 'DURAL' TUBING WITH STAINLESS STEEL CONESAND SOCKETS JOININGSEGMENTS; ELASTIC(?) CABLE COVERED IN CLOTH BRAID; RUBBER HANDGRIP ON TOP AND SCHOCK ABSORBER ON BOTTOM.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.3 cm
- Width
- 2.3 cm
- Height
- 27.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Research
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- MID 1960'S
- Canada
-
CANADIAN INNOVATION THAT WAS MANUFACTURED ON A LIMITED SCALE ONLY IN THE U.S.A. - Function
-
MOBILITY AID FOR THE BLIND. CANE IS HELD EXTENDED IN FRONT OF THE BODY AS AN EXTENSION OF THE USER'S TACTILE SYSTEM. - Technical
-
FOLDING, LIGHTWEIGHT, RIGID, LONGER, ALUMINUM ALLOY TUBING CANE GREAT IMPROVEMENT ON OLD RIGID WOODEN CANES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'N.R.C. Prototype' HANDWRITTEN IN BLUE BALLPOINT INK ON WHITE STICKER ATTACHED TO HANDLE.
- Missing
- ELASTIC WRIST LOOP
- Finish
- COATED WITH WHITE AND RED (15.2 CM AT BOTTOM) 'SCOTCHLITE' REFLECTIVE TAPE; 14.8 CM RUBBER TUBING HANDGRIP AT TOP IS BROWNISH-ORANGE COLOUR; SHOCK ABSORBER IS BLACK.
- Decoration
- N/A
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National Research Council Canada, Cane, before 1965, Artifact no. 1985.0815, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0815.001/
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