Balancer, washing tub
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2005.0218.005
- MANUFACTURER
- Thor Canadian Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 5
- Total Parts
- 10
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- All metal disk has off-white covering (possibly rubber) on both top and underside; green rubber (?) washer fixed in raised dome of underside.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 6.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 47.0 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Housekeeping
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Thor
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- This machine used c. 1949- 1960.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Specific: Ensures clothes tub is correctly positioned and level within washer. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None evident.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- All metal disk has off-white covering (possibly rubber) on both top and underside; green rubber (?) washer fixed in raised dome of underside.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Thor Canadian Co. Ltd., Balancer, washing tub, before 1949, Artifact no. 2005.0218, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2005.0218.005/
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