Dynamotor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SEMI ENCLOSED
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2081.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PIONEER GEN-E-MOTOR
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- SS 2694
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST-IRON, STEEL, COPPER, AND POSSIBLY OTHER METAL MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION. MOUNTED ON WOODEN BASE. SYNTHETIC KNOBS AND OTHER MINOR FITTINGS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 19.0 cm
- Width
- 11.3 cm
- Height
- 11.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Regulation & transformation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PIONEER
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF DYNAMOTOR USED C. 1940S.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO CONVERT AC TO DC POWER. - Technical
-
DURING 1940-41 GENERAL ELECTRIC DEVELOPED MORE FRACTIONAL- HORSEPOWER MOTORS FOR THE USE OF THE U.S. ARMY THAN IN ANY PREVIOUS YEAR. THEY STATED THAT "SINCE MODERN WAR IS MECHANIZED WAR, IT FOLLOWS THAT INNUMERABLE SHAPES AND TYPES OF SMALL MOTORS ARE REQUIRED TO OPERATE AND CONTROL THE MECHANIZED EQUIPMENT." TO FURTHER FACILITATE THE USE OF DC/AC DEVICES A VARIETY OF DYNAMOTORS, A ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE WITH TWO OR MORE WINDINGS ON A SINGLE ARMATURE CONTAINING A COMMUTATOR FOR DC OPERATION AND SLIP RINGS FOR AC OPERATION, HAD BEEN DEVELOPED. (REF 1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate secured to dynamotor casing reads "Pioneer Gen-E-Motor/ MADE IN CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A./ DYNAMOTOR/ INPUT VOLTS 9 SS 2694/ OUTPUT VOLTS 450". "5", "U[anchor symbol]S" and "B10535" stencilled in white on casing. "AGR 5003" incised, below. "A.G.R." stencilled in yellow on mounting stand. "PIONEER GEN-E-MOTOR PART C-9975-1" cast in raised print on endpieces.
- Missing
- UNKNOWN.
- Finish
- FINELY WRINKLE-TEXTURED BLACK ENAMEL FINISH ON CENTRAL PORTION AND BASE; SILVER METAL ENDPIECES. UNFINISHED WOOD BASE. BLACK SYNTHETIC KNOBS SECURE BRUSHES.
- Decoration
- N/A
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PIONEER GEN-E-MOTOR, Dynamotor, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1992.2081, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2081.001/
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