Blender, chemical
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AUTOMATIC/STANDPIPE & FIRE TRUCK
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0479.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HYDRA-CLENE CORP. OF CANADA LTD.
- MODEL
- HYDROBLENDER
- LOCATION
- Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM BASE AND TOP AND SUPPORT RODS/ SYNTHETIC BODY
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.0 cm
- Width
- 18.0 cm
- Height
- 78.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Industrial equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HYDRA CLENE
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Cornwall
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY USED IN THE 1980S [SEE MKGS] BUT THIS TYPE MFG FROM THE 1950S
- Canada
-
THIS TYPE OF DEVICE WAS MANUFACTURED AND USED WIDELY IN CANADA. - Function
-
USED WHEN ATTACHED TO A MAIN OR PUMP AND A FIRE HOSE TO MIX WATER AND SPECIAL CAPSULES TO LOWER THE SURFACE TENSION OF WATER TO MAKE AN EFFECTIVE FIREFIGHTING AGENT WHICH IS THEN SPRAYED ON A FIRE. [REF 1] - Technical
-
THE BLENDER WAS USED TO DILUTE CAPSULES IN WATER BY CIRCULATING WATER THROUGH THE CAPUSLE'S COMPARTMENT BEFORE RUNNING IT INTO HOSES. BLENDER CAPACITY IS TWO CAPSULES WHICH TREAT A MINIMUM OF 1000 AMERICAN GALLONS OF WATER. [REF 2] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STICKER AFFIXED TO BODY: 'ACCEPTED/ BY DATE/ OCT 30 1981'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- METAL BASE AND TOP PAINTED RED GLOSS/ BODY IS YELLOWISH IN COLOUR
- Decoration
- N/A
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HYDRA-CLENE CORP. OF CANADA LTD., Blender, chemical, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1996.0479, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0479.001/
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