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OBJECT TYPE: ELECTROMECHANICAL
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0352.001

MANUFACTURER: International Business Machines Co. Ltd.
MODEL: 80/ 91-080
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 2287
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL FRAME & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS / GLASS TOP

Dimensions

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

Length: 155.5 cm
Width: 41.0 cm
Height: 115.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Computing Technology
Category: Digital peripheral devices
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: IBM
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: 1940'S +
Canada: CANADIAN MADE OR MARKETED PUNCHED CARD HANDLING MACHINE, FROM CANADIAN SUBSIDIARY OF AMERICAN FIRM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES. USED BY PULP & PAPER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CANADA.
Function: COMPUTER PERIPHERAL DEVICE USED TO SORT CARDS PUNCHED WITH HOLES REPRESENTING DATA.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF ELECTROMECHANICAL CARD SORTER IN WHICH CARDS ARE PASSED BETWEEN BRUSH & BRASS CONTACT ROLL; ELECTRICAL CONTACT IS MADE WHEN BRUSH PASSES OVER PUNCHED HOLE IN CARD.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PARTIALLY ILLEGIBLE PLATE READS "PLATE READS "TYPE 91-080 SER. NO. 2287/ IBM/ TRADE MARK" & "INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO. LTD./ TORONTO CANADA"/ SYNTHETIC PLATE ON FRONT WITH GREY "IBM" & BLACK "Card Sorting Machine"/ PLATE ON MOTOR READS "Robbins & Myers/ [LOGO]/ BRANTFORD CANADA/ H.P. 1/4 VOLTS 110 FR. D56/ CYC 60 AMPS 4.5 RPM 1725/ TYPE CEH-AOT1 PH 1 RATING CONT./ SER. NO. Y74923"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: GREY TEXTURED PAINTED FRAME & PARTS/ METALLIC & BRUSHED METAL PARTS/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT SYNTHETIC PARTS/ BLACK POWER CORD
Decoration: N/A

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International Business Machines Co. Ltd., Sorter, card, circa 1945, Artifact no. 2002.0352, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0352.001/

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