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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1914
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0599.004

MANUFACTURER: K-W IGNITION CORP.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: FERROUS METAL & BRASS?/ PAPER PACKAGE

Dimensions

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

Length: 7.2 cm
Width: 4.6 cm
Height: N/A
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: Ohio
City: Cleveland

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1928
Canada: FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURINGCAREER 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: EXAMPLE OF REPLACEMENT POINT ASSEMBLY FOR FORD MODEL T IGNITION COIL. POINTS WERE SUBJECT TO CONSTANT WEAR & HAD SHORT LIFE EXPECTANCY. LIKE SPARK PLUGS, THEY REQUIRED CONSTANT MAINTENANCE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1-.2 BLACK PRINTING ON PACKAGE READS "CONTENTS: ONE PAIR/ COIL SPRINGS/ WITH BRIDGE ATTACHED/ WITH GENUINE/ EXTRA LARGE/ CONTACT POINTS/ For Ford Car - Truck and Fordson Tractor/ MANUFACTURED/ ONLY BY/ THE K-W IGNITION CORP./ CLEVELAND, OHIO, U.S.A." & "PATENTED/ APRIL 7, 1914" WITH RED "GENUINE" OVER ALL/.3 INCISED LETTERING ON METAL READS "PATENTED/ APR. 7, 1914/ TRADE/ K-W/ MARK [LOGO]/ MADE IN/ U.S.A."
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: BRASS COLOURED & PLATED METAL/ BUFF PAPER
Decoration: .1-.2 B&W DRAWING OF COIL SPRING ASSEMBLY ON PACKAGES, LOGOS READING "TRADE/ K-W/ MARK"

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K-W IGNITION CORP., Spring, after 1914, Artifact no. 1997.0599, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0599.004/

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