Valve, float

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OBJECT TYPE: toilet
DATE: 1996
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2017.0128.007

MANUFACTURER: Fluidmaster
MODEL: 400
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 2607C
Part Number: 7
Total Parts: 7
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Synthetic float valve.

Dimensions

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

Length: 32.5 cm
Width: 15.0 cm
Height: 13.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Domestic Technology
Category: Toilet article
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Fluidmaster
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Nova Scotia
Period: Used by Binney Albert Parsons and his wife Eleanor Fraser, along with their children between 1941-2005.
Canada: The sanitary appliance industry decided to offer coloured products starting in 1926. The colour red appeared around 1930 and Canadian sanitary manufacturers offered six different colours including this one which is known as T’ang red. The manufacturing company named Standard Sanitary & Dominion Radiator, Limited who made these coloured appliances changed its name to American-Standard in 1948. In Canada, the name became American-Standard Products (Canada) Limited with the last factory closing in 2015 in Winnipeg. This artifact embodies a time when the only 61% of Canadians had access to running water. According to Statistics Canada, 56% of Canadians had a flushable toilet and only 45% had a shower or a bath.
Function: Valve actuated by float in a liquid container. This type was used to control the amount of water allowed to flow into the tank of a toilet.
Technical: A bolt extends through the base of the toilet and then a washer and nut are inserted over it to fasten it. A bolt cap or screw cover functions to hide those parts for aesthetic purposes to give the toilet a more streamlined look.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Markings moulded into the float: "Fluidmaster/ USA/ 2607C/ [logo] CSA/ [logo] DRG/ WRAS/ APPROVED/ PRODUCT/ ASSE/ 1002/ 3E/ www.fluidmaster.com/ Fluidmaster/ 400 MODEL/ ANTI SIPHON/ US PATENT NO/ 4327941/ 4703653/ CANADIAN/ PATENT NO/ 1130509/ 3E"
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Black and grey synthetic mechanism with a white nut.
Decoration: N/A

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Fluidmaster, Valve, float, after 1996, Artifact no. 2017.0128, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2017.0128.007/

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