Mill, fanning

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OBJECT TYPE: ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN
DATE: 1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0086.001

MANUFACTURER: LANGELIER, ERNEST
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Rimouski, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD MILL, SCREEN FRAMES, PARTS/ METAL HARDWARE, PARTS/ GALVANIZED METAL SCREENS AND SHEETING/ PRINTED PAPER INSTRUCTION SHEET FRAMED AND GLAZED AND ATTACHED TO SIDE/ RUBBER BELTS.

Dimensions

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

Length: 161.0 cm
Width: 87.5 cm
Height: 132.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Crop processing
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: LANGELIER
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Rimouski

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: 1950-1975
Canada: ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT MANU- FACTURED IN CANADA.
Function: AN ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN DEVICE USED TO WINNOW GRAIN BY PASSING IT THROUGH A SERIES OF SIEVES AND AIR CURRENT CREATED BY FANS. THE SIEVES SEPARATE GRAIN SEEDS BY SIZE AND SHAPE WHILE THE FAN BLAST REMOVES CHAFF, IMMATURE SEED, ETC.
Technical: A GOOD EXAMPLE OF AN ELECTRICALLY OPERATED FANNING MILL.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: YELLOW STENCILED LETTERING ON BOTH SIDES READING 'ERNEST LANGELIER/ STE. ANGELE/ RIMOUSKI/ PAT.NO. 3720SC'/ BLACK PRINTING ON INSTRUCTION SHEET READING 'ERNEST LANGELIER, MANUFACTURER/ STE. ANGELE DE MERICI, CTE DE RIMOUSKI'.
Missing: N/A
Finish: MILL PAINTED RED/GALVANIZED METAL/ UNFINISHED WOOD SCREEN FRAMES AND BOX/ RED PAINTED INSTRUCTION SHEET FRAME/ BLACK RUBBER.
Decoration: GREEN AND YELLOW CURVILINEAR DESIGNS, SOME FRAMED BY GREEN LINING, ON RED PAINTED SURFACES.

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LANGELIER, ERNEST, Mill, fanning, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1988.0086, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1988.0086.001/

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