Spring, starter motor drive

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OBJECT TYPE: RIGHT & LEFT
DATE: 1936
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0679.002

MANUFACTURER: Eclipse-Bendix
MODEL: SS5L (.2)
LOCATION: Elmira, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1-.2 SPRING STEEL/.3 CARDBOARD BOX

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 5.3 cm
Height: 6.4 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: Bendix
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Elmira

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1936
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 DEVICE WHICH ENGAGES ELECTRIC MOTOR STARTER WITH AUTOMOBILE ENGINE IN ORDER TO SET ENGINE INTO MOTION, & THEN AUTOMATICALLY DISENGAGES STARTING MOTOR WHEN CAR BEGINS TO RUN UNDER OWN POWER.
Technical: WHILE DRIVE SPRING WAS CENTRAL TO DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMATIC INERTIA STARTER DRIVE PRINCIPLE IN 1914, IT WAS ALSO SUBJECT TO FATIGUE, BREAKAGE & REPLACEMENT. IT WAS LIKELY WEAKEST POINT MECHANICALLY, LEADING AFTER A COUPLE OF DECADES TO ITS REPLACEMENT BY CLUTCH-TYPE GEAR DRIVE (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .3 WHITE LETTERING READING "ASCO, ARMATURES, SPARK PLUGS, GOVERNORS, WIRE & CABLES" ON FOUR SIDES, ONE WITH BLACK STAMPED "SS5L"; WHITE LETTERING READING "ASCO/ MANUFACTURED FOR/ AND GUARANTEED BY/ AUTO STARTER LIMITED/ Toronto, Ontario" ON 2 SIDES
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: .1-.2 METALLIC/.3 NAVY BLUE & WHITE
Decoration: N/A

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Eclipse-Bendix, Spring, starter motor drive, circa 1936, Artifact no. 1997.0679, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0679.002/

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