Plug, fuse

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OBJECT TYPE: ENCLOSED/EDISON TYPE/125 V
DATE: 1920–1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.1901.001

MANUFACTURER: ECONOMY FUSE & MFG CO.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL AND BAKELITE CONSTRUCTION.

Dimensions

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

Length: 3.2 cm
Width: 3.2 cm
Height: 4.6 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: User site
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: ECONOMY
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF PLUG USED C. 1920S +
Canada: PART OF A LARGE AND VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN THE 1960S. THIS COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, AND IS THOUGHT TO BE ONE OF THE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992.
Function: TO PROTECT ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT FROM SHORT-CIRCUIT.
Technical: EDISON SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TO PRODUCE THEENCLOSED FUSE PLUG. FIRST, THE BODY WAS MADE OF WOOD, THEN OF GLASS, AND LATER PORCELAIN IN 1896. THE SAME YEAR, THE INTERNAL CONSTRUCTION ALSO CHANGED TO ALLOW THE USE OF A LONGER FUSE. IN 1903, THE CARTRIDGE TYPE FUSE WAS PUT ON THE MARKET.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " ECONOMY FUSE & MFG. CO./ AMPS/ 125 V/ 125 V/ "ECONOMY"/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ CHICAGO, U.S.A. " appears in raised print on one end of fuse. " PAT. AUG. 15, 1916 FEB. 27, 1917/ OTHERS PENDING " ON REVERSE.
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE.
Finish: DARK BROWN BAKELITE CAP; GOLDTONE METAL THREADED FUSE.
Decoration: N/A

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ECONOMY FUSE & MFG CO., Plug, fuse, between 1920–1960, Artifact no. 1992.1901, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1901.001/

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