Fan & pulley, generator

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OBJECT TYPE: 12 BLADE
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0663.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PRESSED STEEL

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 12.7 cm
Height: 4.6 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1940
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 WHICHINVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.
Function: AIR-COOLING ATTACHMENT FOR AUTO-ELECTRIC GENERATOR, DEVICE WHICH GENERATES CURRENT TO PROVIDE ELECTRIC POWER IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE.
Technical: FANS SUCH AS THIS WERE USED TO UPGRADE GENERATORS ORIGINALLY BUILT WITHOUT AIR-COOLING, AS HEAVIER & HEAVIER LOADS WERE ADDED TO MOTOR CAR AS RESULT OF DEMAND FOR NEW ACCESSORIES. IT ENABLED GENERATOR TO PRODUCE MORE CURRENT WHILE KEEPING WITHIN ITS OPERATING TEMPERATURE RANGE (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: ORIGINALLY PAINTED BLACK?
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Fan & pulley, generator, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1997.0663, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0663.001/

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