General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

CAST IRON FIELD AND MOTOR FRAME. BRASS BEARING SUPPORT PIECES AND BEARINGS, BRASS BRUSH SUPPORT ASSEMBLY, BRASS BRUSH HOLDERS, COPPER SCREEN BRUSHES. STEEL ARMATURE CORE ASSEMBLY, INSULATED COPPER MAGNET WIRE FIELD AND ARMATURE WINDINGS, COPPER COMMUTATOR, STEEL SHAFT, MISC HARDWARE, WOODEN BASE, FIELD WINDING FABRIC TAPED; BRASS TOP PLATE WITH HOOK EYE/ PROBABLY ORIGINALLY POWERED BY SINGLE CELL OF BATTERY

Dimensions

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

Length

10.0 cm

Width

9.7 cm

Height

9.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Energy-electric

Category

Conversion

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Kendrick Davis

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Hampshire

City

Lebanon

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF MOTOR USED C.1908-1930

Canada

PART OF A LARGE AND VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN THE 1960S. THIS COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, AND IS THOUGHT TO BE THE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992

Function

TO CONVERT ELECTRIC CURRENT INTO ROTARY MECHANICAL ENERGY

Technical

EXAMPLE OF SMALL MOTOR, USED TO POWER TOYS, FANS, ETC

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NONE

Missing

BRUSH END BEARING ASSEMBLY INVERTED. COPPER SCREEN STRIPS USED TO REPLACEORIGINAL COPPER BRUSHES. MISSING SHAFT SPACER ALLOWS COMMUTATOR TO SLIP OUT OF CONTACT WITH BRUSHES. WIRING MISSING

Finish

FIELD/MOTOR FRAME, GLOSS BLACK ENAMEL. BRASS TOP PLATE MAY HAVE ORIGINALLY BEEN POLISHED BRASS, NOW DARK COLOUR. HARDWARE NATURAL. BRASS SPACERS AND BRUSH ASSEMBLY DARK NATURAL UNPOLISHED BRASS COLOUR

Decoration

N/A