General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD CASING/ METAL PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

15.8 cm

Width

9.4 cm

Height

5.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Automotive engineering

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

KW IGNITION

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1925

Canada

FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.

Function

PART OF IGNITION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WHICH PROVIDES SPARK THAT EXPLODES GASOLINE VAPOUR IN CYLINDER OF ENGINE, ENABLING IT TO FUNCTION.

Technical

EARLY HIGH-TENSION COIL USING VIBRATOR PRINCIPLE PREDATING DEVELOPMENT OF NON-VIBRATOR COIL IGNITION & DISTRIBUTORS; IT BECAME ICON OF ITS TIME. K-W COIL APPEARED AS REPLACEMENT ITEM IN JOBBERS' CATALOGUES OF PERIOD. IT WAS TRANSITIONAL BETWEEN MAGNETO & COIL IGNITION SYSTEM. & ITS WOOD CASING PREDATED METAL ONES (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK STAMPED LETTERING ON CASING READING "GENUINE/ TRADE/ K-W/ MARK [LOGO]/ MADE IN U.S.A."/ INCISED LETTERING ON METAL READS "PATENTED/ APR. 7, 1914/ TRADE/ K-W/ MARK [LOGO]/ MADE IN/ U.S.A."

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

OILED WOOD/ BRASS COLOURED & PLATED METAL

Decoration

N/A