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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
More Information
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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