Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

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Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

3

Ou

wreath compactor

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

Predominantly wood & metal: wooden components painted off-white/light grey; black rubber (?) straps and tube; green [asphalt shingle ?] covering on foot pedal.

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

170,0 cm

Largeur

163,0 cm

Hauteur

177,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

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Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Agriculture

Catégorie

Traitement de récolte

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Inconnu

Pays

Canada

État/province

Nova Scotia

Ville

Inconnu

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Nouvelle-Écosse

Période

This press probably used c. 1960.

Canada

The production of Christmas trees [and associated products, such as wreaths] is a significant farming activity occurring in all provinces across Canada. With the exception of Alberta, Manitoba and Newfoundland each province has an association representing Christmas tree producers. Until the 1950s most trees harvested in Canada were cut in forests; since that time, trees have been grown on specially developed plantations or planted and then harvested from clear cuts. [Ref. 1]

Fonction

Used to compress natural Christmas wreaths for shipment.

Technique

Used to flatten evergreen wreaths in preparation for shipment to wholesalers or retailers. The foot pedal allows a number of wreaths to be flattened consistently around their circumference. The wreaths were piled on the table of the device and then manually pressed and tied with twine. Like baled trees, if the packed wreaths arrive at their destination in a fresh condition, they will spring back to form a desirable looking product. Given the manufacturers'/wholesalers' narrow profit margin, every means possible needed to be found to make every part of the business as efficient as possible. This ranges from the use of left-over boughs from the harvest of trees to make wreaths to making the load of wreaths more compact in order to ship more, resulting in lower fuel costs. This wreath press is a home built solution to a common problem for which a commercial product does not exist. [Ref. 1]

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

" 10" = 6/ 12" = 6/ 14" = 6/ 15" = 6" printed by hand in black marker on both right and left hand sides of backplate facing press operator. "18 =3/ 24 = 3/ 30 = 3/ 36 = 2 43 = 1" printed by hand in black marker on left side of backplate facing press operator. "DM" and "8:00" printed by hand in pencil on frame; other markings may be present.

Manque

Unknown.

Fini

Predominantly wood & metal: wooden components painted off-white/light grey; black rubber (?) straps and tube; green [asphalt shingle ?] covering on foot pedal.

Décoration

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