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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1990.0012.006

MANUFACTURER: GREEY, WM. & J.G.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 6
Total Parts: 34
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD WITH METAL HARDWARE, SPOUTS, SCREENING, FABRIC LINING

Dimensions

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

Length: 152.0 cm
Width: 103.5 cm
Height: 60.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Industrial equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1900 TO PRESENT
Canada: A FLOUR BOLTING MACHINE INVENTED BY CARL HAGGENMACHER OF HUNGARY & MFD. UNDER PATENT IN CANADA BY CANADIAN COMPANY OF GREEY OF TORONTO.
Function: PLANSIFTER WAS TYPE OF FLOUR BOLTING MACHINE WHICH SCALPED (SCREENED COARSE STOCK FROM FINE), GRADED (SEPARATED DIFFERENT GRADES OF MIDDLINGS FROM FINE), & DRESSED (SIFTED) FLOUR, COMBINING ALL THESE FUNCTIONS IN ONE MACHINE (Ref. 1). PLANSIFTER SEPARATED CRUSHED WHEAT INTO MIDDLINGS & FLOUR.
Technical: INVENTION IN 1887 OF PLANSIFTER REVOLUTIONIZED BOLTING METHODS IN FLOUR MILLS BECAUSE IT TOOK UP LESS ROOM & REQUIRED LESS POWER THAN SEVERAL MACHINES PREVIOUSLY USED FOR SAME FUNCTIONS. PLANSIFTER WAS BEGINNING OF TREND AWAY FROM REVOLVING REEL TOWARDS BOLT MACHINES WITH FLAT SIEVES MOVING WITH A ROTARY ACTION (Ref. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NO MARKINGS
Missing: From CA of 07/02/1997 by Sue Warren: Undetermined
Finish: WOOD STAINED BROWN, POSSIBLY VARNISHED, GALVANIZED & UNFINISHED METAL
Decoration: N/A

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GREEY, WM. & J.G., Cover, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1990.0012, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1990.0012.006/

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