General Information

Serial #

47371

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

predom. non-ferrous metal (possibly aluminum) steel bolts, screws, chains & base

Dimensions

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

Length

144.0 cm

Width

51.5 cm

Height

62.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Airport operations

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

American Air

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Moline

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

gasoline powered device to pre-heat piston airplane engines in Arctic

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

raised lettering on mfr. plate on housing reads: "HEATER GROUND PORTABLE/GASOLINE BURN[ING]/RATING [engraved] 400,000/SPEC. NO. [engraved] [?]520606/STOCK NO. [engraved] 6200-3334[?]/MFRS. NO. [engraved] 81400-1/SERIAL NO. [engraved] 47371/CONTRACT [engraved] AF 83 8001 16583/HERMAN NELSON DIVISION/AMERICAN AIR FILTER CO. INC./MOLINE, ILLINOIS U.S.A./U.S. PROPERTY/NO. 2,4[?]1,371 & PATS. PENDING"; raised lettering on second plate immediately below prev. plate reads: "REGISTRATION NO." (lower portion of plate missing); operating instructions for heater & electric motor on 2 plates on under side of cover - see SI

Missing

N/A

Finish

yellow base & handles; housing (re-)painted yellow & blue-black at different times - remnants of both remaining over partially exposed metallic gray underneath; red gasoline reservoir cap partially painted over with yellow; internal parts incl. electric motor painted yellow with red & black knobs

Decoration

none