Brush plate, generator
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- OBJECT TYPE
- VENTILATED END HEADS
- DATE
- 1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0654.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Electric Auto-Lite Ltd.
- MODEL
- GDZ2
- LOCATION
- Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST STEEL/ OTHER METAL PARTS, INCLUDING BRONZE/ GRAPHITE/ FABRIC COVERED WIRING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.5 cm
- Width
- 11.5 cm
- Height
- 7.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Automotive engineering
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Autolite
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Sarnia
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1945
- Canada
-
FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H.OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING. - Function
-
END PLATES OF AUTOMOTIVE GENERATOR, DEVICE WHICH GENERATES DIRECT CURRENT TO PROVIDE ELECTRIC POWER IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE. - Technical
-
DEMONSTRATES SOPHISTICATED CASTING METHODS USED IN 1940S, ALLOWING CASTING TO BE PERFORATED WITH VENTILATING OPENINGS IN RESPONSE TO HIGHER OPERATING TEMPERATURES & ELECTRICAL LOADS OF PERIOD. CHALLENGE WAS TO MAINTAIN END PLATES OF SUFFICIENT STRENGTH WHILE CUTTING AWAY ENOUGH MATERIAL FOR FORCED FLOW VENTILATION (REF. 1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 INCISED "2M" & "GDZ2"/.2 INCISED "GBJ" & "65"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BLACK, BRASS COLOURED, METALLIC PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Electric Auto-Lite Ltd., Brush plate, generator, circa 1945, Artifact no. 1997.0654, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0654.001/
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