Pump, air
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MOTOR/SPARK PLUG CONNECTION
- DATE
- 1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0476.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MEISER, G.H. & CO.
- MODEL
- ENGINAIR
- LOCATION
- Blue Island, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 7
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 FLEXIBLE (RUBBER ?) TUBING IS FABRIC COVERED; FITTED WITH METAL COLLARS..2 METAL WRENCH SECURED TO HOSE..3-.4 METAL FITTINGS..5 PAPER BOX..6 METAL SPARK PLUG..7 SYNTHETIC CASE HAS FABRIC TRIM ON EDGES; METAL SNAP CLOSURE.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.0 cm
- Width
- 23.0 cm
- Height
- 3.5 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
- MEISER
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Blue Island
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PRESUMABLY USED C. 1945+
- Canada
-
USED BY CANADIAN DRIVERS AND FARMERS C. 1945+, AND STILL IN USE (2004). (REF. 1) - Function
-
TO PUMP AIR INTO TIRE USING COMPRESSED AIR COMING OUT OF ONE [ENGINE] CYLINDER. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OFINVENTIVE DEVICE USING THE COMPRESSED AIR COMING FROM A MOTOR CYLINDER TO PUMP AIR INTO A TIRE. (OTHER AIR SOURCES INCLUDE COMPRESSORS, HAND PUMPS) THIS TOOL FOR PUMPING AIR INTO TIRES STILL EXISTS TODAY, AND IS SOLD BY RIDERWARE HOUSE FOR $15 U.S.. IT IS POPULAR WITH MOTORCYCLISTS. (REF. 1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 "G.S. MEISER & CO. CHICAGO, U.S.A." incised in one hose fitting..2 "ENGINAIR/ TIRE/ PUMP", "HOSE/ NUT" and "TIRE/ VALVE/ OPENER" incised in one side of wrench;"IDLE MOTOR SLOWLY/ FREE TIRE VALVE/ AIR CHUCK MUST/ HOLD TIRE VALVE OPEN" incised on reverse..3 "CAUTION: ONLY FOR ENGINES WITH/ [illegible] REACH (LONG REACH) SPARK PLUGS." stamped in black ink on outside..4 No markings visible..5 " "UNIVERSAL" PUMPING UNITS/ for/ ENGINAIR/ For all gasoline motors built since 1930/ TRACTORS. TRUCKS. AUTOS/ Made & Guaranteed by:/ G.H.MEISER & CO./ Blue Island, Illinois" printed on box front; "P/C C" on flap * Markings cont'd in Supp. Info.
- Missing
- .1 HOSE MAY BE MISSING GAUGE.
- Finish
- .1 RED WOVEN FABRIC COVERING ON HOSE HAS BROKEN BLACK BAND PATTERN; DULL SILVER METAL FITTINGS ON END..2 DULL SILVER METAL WRENCH..3-.4 BRUSHED SILVER METAL FITTINGS..5 BOX HAS RED, OFF-WHITE & BLACK ILLUSTRATIONS & TEXT ON EXTERIOR; UNBLEACHED INTERIOR..6 DULL SILVER METAL PLUG..7 OPAQUE SYNTHETIC CASE HAS BLACK FABRIC TRIM SEWN ALONG ALL EDGES EXCEPT UPPER FRONT OF POUCH.
- Decoration
- N/A
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MEISER, G.H. & CO., Pump, air, circa 1945, Artifact no. 2001.0476, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0476.001/
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