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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