General Information

Serial #

943

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL FRAME, CASINGS, PARTS/ RUBBER PADDING & PARTS/ WOOD PARTS/ CARDBOARD EGG CARTON.

Dimensions

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

Length

97.0 cm

Width

87.0 cm

Height

123.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Poultry equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

DOUGLAS

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Melbourne

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1939-1974

Canada

AN EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED IN A LOCAL EGG GRADING STATION.

Function

USED TO SORT & GRADE EGGS BY SIZE. EGGS PLACED ON THE GRADER'S TILTED LEDGE ROLLED ONE AT A TIME ONTO A RECIPROCATING ARM THAT ADVANCED THE EGG ALONG UNTIL ITS WEIGHT DEPRESSED A LEVER, ROLLING THE EGG ONTO A PARTITIONED AREA FOR BOXING.

Technical

A MECHANICALLY MORE ADVANCED METHOD OF GRADING EGGS THAN THE PRECEDING HAND GRADING METHOD.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE READING: "DOUGLAS, BROWN & CAMPBELL/ LIMITED/ MELBOURNE,ONT. CANADA/ MANUFACTURER OF/ EQUIPMENT FOR THE EGG & POULTRY TRADE/ MODEL A SERIAL 943", WITH PATENT NOS./ PLATE & DECAL ON SWITCH READING: "LONDON ETCO CANADA/ Taylor/ ELECTRIC/ MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED" & "ENCLOSED SWITCH/ CAT. NO. 1123SN/ AMPS. 30 POLES 2SN/ VOLTS 115 A.C. H.P. 3/4"/ PLATE ON MOTOR READING: "GENERAL ELECTRIC/ A.C. MOTOR/ MODEL 11F 343B TYPE KH/ FR 15 A 4.5 V 110/ CY 60 RPM 1725 PH 1 HP 1/4/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LTD. TORONTO CANADA"

Missing

N/A

Finish

FRAME PAINTED DARK GREEN WITH BLACK PAINTED MOTOR CASING & PARTS/ GREY PAINTED SWITCH BOX/ BLACK SIMULATED LEATHER/ ORANGE & GREEN SYNTHETIC GUIDES/ METALLIC PARTS/ UNFINISHED WOOD

Decoration

N/A