Valve model, rotary

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OBJECT TYPE: patent
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1993.0172.001

MANUFACTURER: MACKINNON, K.L.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: patent model
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD/ METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length: 20.0 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Height: 7.4 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Models
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: MACKINNON
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Kingston

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C.1929
Canada: K.L. MACKINNON, RETIRED SOLDIER OF KINGSTON, ONT. DEVELOPED & PATENTED A ROTARY VALVE (1929) & A VEHICLE RAIL GUIDE (1933-SEE 930171). HE TRIEDUNSUCCESSFULLY IN THE EARY 1930''S TO INTEREST CANADIAN & AMERICAN MFRS. IN BOTH DEVICES. IN 1934 HE TRANSFERRED 8/10TH OF HIS INTEREST IN BOTH PATENTS TO HES SONS, LACHLAN & KEITH ABBOT MACKINNON (DONOR), BOTH OF OTTAWA.
Function: A MODEL DESIGNED TO ILLUSTRATE THE FUNCTIONING OF A ROTARY VALVE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
Technical: REPRESENTS AN INDIVIDUAL CANADIAN'S ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP & MARKET AN INNOVATION IN MOTOR VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: N/A
Finish: .1-.2 BROWN/.3 MAHOGANY COLOURED & VARNISHED
Decoration: N/A

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MACKINNON, K.L., Valve model, rotary, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1993.0172, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1993.0172.001/

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