Actuator, vehicle emergency
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BISTEM
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0030.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LTD.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS/ METAL PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.2 cm
- Width
- 13.7 cm
- Height
- 13.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SPAR
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
STEM TECHNOLOGY, FROM WHICH BISTEM WAS DERIVED, WAS INVENTED AT NRCC FOR MILITARY PURPOSES & WAS DEVELOPED BY CANADIAN FIRM SPAR AEROSPACE FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPAR LATER EXTENDED STEM PRINCIPLE TO DEVELOP BISTEM TECHNOLOGY. - Function
-
PART OF EQUIPMENT OF EMERGENCY VEHICLE, ACTUATOR CONTAINS STORED TUBULAR BOOM WHICH COULD BE EXTENDED TO DEPLOY EMERGENCY SIGNAL SUCH AS LIGHT (SEE PHOTOCOPY OF PHOTO OF PARTIALLY EXTENDED LIGHTING SYSTEM ON POLICE VEHICLE IN SUPP. INFO.). - Technical
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APPLICATION OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY TO GROUND BASED FUNCTIONS. STEM CONSISTS OF ROLLED PIECE OF MATERIAL WITH EDGES OVERLAPPED TO FORM TUBE, FLATTENED FOR STORAGE; BISTEM CONSISTS OF 2 PARTIAL TUBES PLACED ONEINSIDE OTHER TO FORM COMPLETE TUBE, RESULTING IN STRONGER TUBEREQUIRING LESS SPACE THAN STEM WHEN ROLLED UP. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- GOLD LETTERING ON PART CASING READS 'AMERICAN BOSCH/ 2 10 73/ MC-581471A/ 2999338'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- SKY BLUE CASING/ BLACK & METALLIC PARTS/ GREEN & PURPLE WIRE COVERING/ WHITE & GREY SYNTHETIC PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LTD., Actuator, vehicle emergency, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1991.0030, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0030.001/
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