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OBJECT TYPE: DRUM
DATE: 1949
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0661.001

MANUFACTURER: Auto Starter Ltd.
MODEL: 1837906
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 STEEL SHAFT; COPPER WIRE; COTTON?/.2 CARDBOARD BOX WITH PAPER LABEL

Dimensions

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

Length: 37.0 cm
Width: 9.0 cm
Height: 8.0 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: ASCO
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1949
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 INTORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.
Function: REVOLVING PART OF ELECTROMAGNETIC MECHANICAL DEVICE SUCH AS AUTOMOBILE GENERATOR, IN WHICH ELECTRICAL-MAGNETIC FORCE IS INDUCED.
Technical: EARLY DRUM WOUND ARMATURE WITH DOUBLE ENDED SHAFT. ARMATURE WAS DESIGNED FOR CHAIN DRIVE FROM TIMING GEAR & FOR DRIVING DISTRIBUTOR & WATER PUMP. THIS UNUSUAL DRIVE LINK SYSTEM WAS CUMBERSOME & SO SHORT-LIVED, REPLACED BY SINGLE-POINT GENERATOR DRIVE. IT WAS USED WITH DURANT 1928-1929 (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .2 BLUE LETTERING ON WHITE PAPER LABEL READS "ASCO/ NO. 837906/ AUTO STARTER LTD."; BLUE STAMPED LETTERING ON SIDE READS "CORRUGATED PAPER BOX CO. LIMITED/ TORONTO CANADA" WITH "CERTIFICATE/ OF BOX MAKER"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: .1 BRUSHED STEEL; COPPER COLOURED PARTS; PURPLE PAINTED PARTS/.2 NATURAL CARDBOARD, WHITE PAPER LABEL
Decoration: .2 BLUE LINING ON PAPER LABEL

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Auto Starter Ltd., Armature, circa 1949, Artifact no. 1997.0661, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0661.001/

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