Motor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AC/SINGLE PHASE/.25 HP
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2087.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Robbins & Myers
- MODEL
- P
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- P452091
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON, STEEL AND POSSIBLY OTHER METAL MATERIALSOF CONSTRUCTION; COATED FABRIC (?) COVERING ON ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.0 cm
- Width
- 20.0 cm
- Height
- 18.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Conversion
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Robbins Myers
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF MOTOR USED C. 1910-1950S.
- Canada
-
THIS MOTOR WAS MADE TO POWER A WASHING MACHINE OF THE TYPE WIDELY USED IN CANADA. ALTORFER BROS. CO. OR ABC WASHER CO. PRODUCTS WERE SOLD IN CANADA. - Function
-
TO CONVERT ELECTRICAL INTO MECHANICAL ENERGY. - Technical
-
ALTORFER BROS. CO., SOMETIMES KNOWN AS THE ABC WASHER CO., WAS AN EARLY AND SUCCESSFUL MFR. OF WASHING MACHINES. THE CO. WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1909 IN ROANOKE, IL: WITHIN 19 YEARS 'ABC ELECTRIC WASHERS' WERE BEING DISTRIBUTED WORLDWIDE. (REF. 3) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's plate fixed to motor casing reads "ALTERNATING CURRENT MOTOR/ PHASE 1 VOLTS 110 CYC. 25/ SPEED 1450 AMPS. PER PHASE 4.3/ FRAME 17 H.P. 1/4/ TYPE P NO. P452091/ ROBBINS & MYERS MOTOR/ MADE EXPRESSLY FOR/ THE ALTORFER BROS. CO./ ROANOKE AND PEORIA, ILL." Green dymo tape label, below, reads "MF4/34".
- Missing
- UNKNOWN.
- Finish
- BLACK ENAMEL FINISH ON MOST EXTERIOR SURFACES.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Robbins & Myers, Motor, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.2087, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2087.001/
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