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OBJECT TYPE: AUTOMATIC CUT-OUT
DATE: 1932
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0639.001

MANUFACTURER: ASCO
MODEL: CO 10
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 STEEL BASE; SHEET METAL CAP; METAL PARTS/.2 CARDBOARD/.3 PAPER PACKAGE CONTAINING METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length: 8.0 cm
Width: 6.3 cm
Height: 9.0 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: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1932
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 IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.
Function: ELECTRO-MAGNETIC DEVICE WHICH AUTOMATICALLY CUTS IN GENERATOR OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WHEN FORMER IS GENERATING ENOUGH POWER FOR USE IN ENGINE, & THEN CUTS GENERATOR OUT WHEN ITS POWER PRODUCTION IS INSUFFICIENT.
Technical: ONE OF MANY EXAMPLES OF NO-NAME PRODUCTS ENTERING MARKET BY EARLY 1930S. THESE OEM & NO-NAME PRODUCTS INTRODUCED SUBSTANTIALLY LIGHTER & LESS EXPENSIVE PRODUCTIONS AS SHOWN HERE. SEMI-SEALED CONSTRUCTION DISCOURAGED CLEANING & ADJUSTMENT, CONTRIBUTING TO DEVELOPING THROW-AWAY CULTURE OF AUTO REPAIR INDUSTRY (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .2 BLACK STAMPED "CO 10" ON LID
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: .1 METALLIC/.2 BUFF
Decoration: N/A

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ASCO, Switch, generator, circa 1932, Artifact no. 1997.0639, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0639.001/

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