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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC/DIRECT/AGITATOR
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0602.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Altorfer Bros. Co. of Canada Ltd.
- MODEL
- ABC SPINNER 77
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL, SOME PTS ENAMELLED, PROBABLY RUBBER SEAL & SYNTHETIC CORD/.2 METAL, MOSTLY ENAMELLED
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 101.0 cm
- Width
- 60.0 cm
- Height
- 105.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Laundry
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Altorfer
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- USED FROM 1940 UNTIL 1995
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF A WASHER BUILT & SOLD IN CANADA - Function
-
TO PROVIDE A MECHANIZED MEANS OF WASHING CLOTHES & LINENS - Technical
-
THIS MACHINE USED A SPIN DRYER RATHER THAN A WRINGER TO REMOVE EXCESS WATER FROM WASH/ CENTRIFUGAL FORCE 1ST USED FOR THIS PURPOSE IN 1916/ IT WAS NOT NECESSARILY AN EFFICIENT PROCESS EVEN BY TIME OF THIS MACHINE, AS WASHER MOTORS OF THE PERIOD OPERATED ON ONLY 1 SPEED WHICH WAS GEARED TO WASH CYCLE NEEDS - SPIN CYCLE NEEDED TO GO MUCH FASTER FOR MAXIMUM EFFECT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 FRONT & BACK 'ABC/ Spinner/ ALTORFER BROS. COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED' & 'APPROVED/ Northern Electric/ APPLIANCE'/ ON BACK ALSO 'MODEL 77'/ PLATE ON MOTOR INCLUDES 'H.P. 1/4 R.P.M. 1725 CY. 60 PH. 1 FRAME 49/ VOLTS 110 AMPS 6.0 HRS 24' & 'ORIGINAL MFR. C.G.E./ CONVERTED TO 60 CYCLES BY UNIVERSAL REFRIGERATION/ MODEL 1115R395'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1FRAME PAINTED LIGHT GREEN, SOME PATCHES OF RUSTY CORROSION/ TUBE ENAMELLED INSIDE & OUT IN LIGHT GREEN WITH WHITE SPECKLING, RIM ENAMELLED BLACK/ SILVERTONE RIM, LID & DRAIN BOARD ON SPINNER, SILVERTONE PTS/.2 ENAMELLED LIGHT GREEN WITH WHITE SPECKLING, SILVERTONE RIM
- Decoration
- .1 STENCILLED PATTERN ON LEGS
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Altorfer Bros. Co. of Canada Ltd., Washer, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1995.0602, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0602.001/
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