Separator, cream

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OBJECT TYPE: MANUAL
DATE: 1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.0597.001

MANUFACTURER: SHARPLES SEPARATOR CO.
MODEL: SUCTION-FEED TUBULAR
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: IRON SEPARATOR & WOODEN HANDLE & METAL SUPPLY CAN, COVERS & FLOAT

Dimensions

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

Length: 74.0 cm
Width: 47.0 cm
Height: 105.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Dairying
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: SHARPLES
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: The Sharples tubular separator as developed by Philip M. Sharples of West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Function: TO SEPARATE CREAM FROM MILK BY APPLICATION OF A CENTRIFUGAL FORCE
Technical: THE BOWL HAD FEWER PARTS THAN OTHER MODELS WHICH MADE DISMANTLING & CLEANING MUCH EASIER.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR'S LABEL HAS FEW LEGIABLE WORDS: 'The [ILLEGIBLE]/ SEP[ARATO]R CO./ T[ORON]TO/ CAN[ADA]'/ ALSO ON FRONT IS: 'Sharples/ SUCTION-FEED/ TUBULAR'/ ON ONE WRENCH IS EMBOSSED 'UNSCREW', & OTHER WRENCH IS EMBOSSED 'TUBULAR'
Missing: BOWL
Finish: RED PAINT FINISH & PLAIN METAL FINISH
Decoration: MFR'S NAME IN DECORATIVE GOLD WRITING ON FRONT WITH SUCTION FEED & TUBULAR PRINTED ON GOLD BANNERS UNDERNEATH/ PARTIAL PICTURE ON FRONT AS WELL [ILLEGIBLE]/MFR'S EMBLEM ON SIDE, [DECORATIVE GOLD 'S' INSIDE A GOLD OVAL SHAPED BORDER]/ GOLD PIPING ON BOTH SIDES OF SEPARATOR

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SHARPLES SEPARATOR CO., Separator, cream, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1992.0597, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0597.001/

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