Regulator, torch
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LEAD BURNING TORCH
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0699.001
- MANUFACTURER
- OXWELD
- MODEL
- R-10
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- R2810823
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS BODY/ OTHER METAL PARTS/ GLASS GAUGE WINDOW
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.5 cm
- Width
- 15.5 cm
- Height
- 17.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Servicing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- OXWELD
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1930
- 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 AUTOMOTIVEELECTRICAL SERVICING. - Function
-
DEVICE USED TO CONTROL PRESSURE & FLOW OF GASES TO OXYGEN-ACETYLENE TORCH HEAD. IN THIS CASE, TORCH WAS USED TO WELD LEAD IN MAKING AUTOMOTIVE STORAGE BATTERIES. - Technical
-
TORCHES REQUIRED FOR MANY INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS IN THIS PERIOD WERE CRUDE & HAZARDOUS. EVOLUTION OF OXY-ACETYLENE WAS MAJOR STEP FORWARD BUT LED TO MANY SERIOUS ACCIDENTS DUE TO POOR EQUIPMENT & LACK OF TRAINING IN ITS USE. DEVELOPMENT OF SAFE & RELIABLE REGULATORS WAS KEY STEP FORWARD IN WORKPLACE SAFETY (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 INCISED LETTERING ON FRONT OF BODY READS "TYPE R-10" & ON BACK "R2810823"/.2 INCISED LETTERING ON FRONT OF BODY READS "TYPE R-80" & ON BACK "R2817294"/.1-.2 BLACK LETTERING ON GAUGE FACE READS "Oxweld/ USE NO OIL/ LB. PER SQ. IN./ OXWELD ACETYLENE COMPANY", WITH BLACK SCALE & NUMBERS FOR 0 TO 50
- Missing
- APPEAR COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 BODY PAINTED RED WITH BRASS COLOURED PARTS; GREY GAUGE FACE, BLACK PAINTED GAUGE CASING WITH BRASS COLOURED RING/.2 BODY PAINTED GREEN WITH BRASS COLOURED PARTS; GREY GAUGE FACE, BLACK PAINTED GAUGE CASING WITH BRASS COLOURED RING
- Decoration
- N/A
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OXWELD, Regulator, torch, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1997.0699, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0699.001/
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