Detector, smoke

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0297.001

MANUFACTURER: SIMPLEX INTERNATIONAL TIME EQUIPMENT CO. LTD.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Downsview, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PLASTIC CASING & PARTS/ METAL BACK & PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 15.9 cm
Height: 7.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Fire Fighting
Category: Alarms
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: SIMPLEX
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Downsview

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1980S-1990S
Canada: FIRE ALARM EQUIPMENT POSSIBLY MADE IN CANADA & USED TO PROTECT ONE OF COLLECTION STORAGE AREAS OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.
Function: DEVICE THAT SENSES SMOKE INSIDE BUILDING & SETS OFF ALARM WHEN SMOKE EXCEEDS PREDETERMINED DENSITY; USED AS WARNING SIGNAL IN HOMES, OFFICES, HOTEL ROOMS, ETC.
Technical: PART OF 1980S FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM OF LARGE BUILDING, CONSISTING OF SMOKE & HEAT SENSORS, PULL-STATIONS, ALARM BELLS, NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: LABEL READING "UND. LAB. OF CANADA LISTED/ SMOKE DETECTOR/ ISSUE NO. 5085 C/ SIMPLEX INTERNATIONAL TIME EQUIPMENT CO. LTD./DOWNSVIEW, ONTARIO/ CANADA M3J 2K6 PRINTED IN CANADA"/ MOULDED "Simplex" ON CASING
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: SMOOTH & TEXTURED BUFF COLOURED CASING, BLACK SYNTHETIC BASE/ METALLIC PARTS
Decoration: MOULDED MFRS. LOGO ON CASING

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SIMPLEX INTERNATIONAL TIME EQUIPMENT CO. LTD., Detector, smoke, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1998.0297, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0297.001/

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