General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL WHISTLE WITH SYNTHETIC COVERING ON FINGER GRIP/ CARDBOARD & PLASTIC PACKAGE

Dimensions

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

Length

16.6 cm

Width

9.0 cm

Height

2.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Acoustics

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

FOX 40

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Hamilton

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

UNUSED - GENERALLY 1990S +

Canada

PRODUCT MADE BY CANADIAN COMPANY. RON FOXCROFT WAS NCAA & FIBA REFEREE WHO DEVELOPED PEALESS WHISTLE DESIGNED TO FUNCTION WITHOUT PROBLEMS CHARACTERISTIC OF TRADITIONAL WHISTLE WITH RESONATING PEA (CORK). HIS COMPANY, FOX 40, WAS FOUNDED IN 1987.

Function

DEVICE WHICH PRODUCES CLEAR, SHRILL SOUNDS WHEN BLOWN INTO BY USER, IN THIS CASE REFEREE OF SPORTING EVENT, IN ORDER TO ATTRACT ATTENTION OF PLAYERS OR PARTICIPANTS.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF METAL WHISTLE WITHFINGER GRIP, MARKETED AS ULTIMATE METAL WHISTLE MFD. USING LEAD-FREE SOLDERING TECHNIQUE & CONTAINING MOISTURE RESISTANT SOUND BALL. IN TRADITIONAL RESONATING PEA WHISTLE, MOISTURE CAN CAUSE PEA OF WHISTLE TO SEIZE OR DIMINISH SOUND.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

RAISED LETTERING ON WHISTLE READING "FOX 40/ FORCE"; GOLD "FOX 40" ON EACH SIDE OF FINGER GRIP/ LETTERING ON PACKAGE FRONT READS IN PART "FINGERGRIP/ FORCE/ LEAD-FREE MANUFACTURE/ WITH MOISTURE RESISTANT SOUND BALL"; PRINTED ON BACK ARE MFG. NAME & ADDRESS, PRODUCT DESCRIPTION IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN & SPANISH

Missing

COMPLETE From CA of 12/03/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

PLATED WHISTLE WITH BLACK SYNTHETIC COVERED FINGER GRIP/ GOLD, BLACK & WHITE CARDBOARD WITH COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT COVERING

Decoration

GOLD & WHITE DEPICTION OF FOX HEAD & BLACK & WHITE STRIPES ON PACKAGE