Switch, starting motor

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OBJECT TYPE
FLOOR PEDAL ACTUATED
DATE
1935
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1997.0671.001
MANUFACTURER
Unknown
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Unknown

More Information


General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
2
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
.1 STEEL BODY, COPPER PARTS/.2 CARDBOARD

Dimensions

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

Length
8.8 cm
Width
8.8 cm
Height
7.0 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
Unknown
Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
C. 1935
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
STARTING SWITCH FOR ELECTRICAL MOTOR USED TO CRANK AUTOMOBILE ENGINE IN ORDER TO START IT OPERATING.
Technical
EARLY EXAMPLE OF FLOOR PEDAL ACTUATED SWITCH FOR MOUNTING DIRECTLY OVER STARTING MOTOR, APPROACH THAT WOULD CONTINUE IN SOME FORM INTO 1950S (E.G. TRUCKS). IT REPRESENTED 2ND GENERATION OF MOTOR STARTING SWITCHES FOR USE WITH ELECTRIC STARTERS WITH BENDIX DRIVES - RELATIVELY CRUDE DEVICE IN CONCEPT & OPERATION (REF. 1).
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
.1 INCISED "ASCO"/.2 WHITE LETTERING READING "ASCO, ARMATURES, SPARK PLUGS, WIRE and CABLES, MAGNETOS, IGNITION COILS, STARTER DRIVES, CARBURETORS, GOVERNORS" ON 4 SIDES; WHITE LETTERING READING "ASCO/ MANUFACTURED FOR/ AND GUARANTEED BY/ AUTO STARTER LIMITED/ Toronto, Ontario" ON 2 SIDES
Missing
APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish
.1 GALVANIZED; COPPER COLOURED PARTS/.2 NAVY BLUE & WHITE
Decoration
N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Switch, starting motor, circa 1935, Artifact no. 1997.0671, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0671.001/

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