General Information

Serial #

8104-84-16579

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 SYNTHETIC CASING, BUTTON, PARTS; METAL PARTS/.2 SYNTHETIC CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length

28.0 cm

Width

15.0 cm

Height

9.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Lighting Technology

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

TELXON

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Texas

City

Houston

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1985-1990

Canada

EQUIPMENT USED BY GAS PRODUCER & DISTRIBUTOR CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TO SUPPLY LIGHTING TO CITY OF TORONTO. AFTER 1880, IN FACE OF INCREASING COMPETITION WITH & EVENTUALREPLACEMENT BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING, CG BEGAN SUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES & LATER FOR HEATING.

Function

INSTRUMENT USED BY GAS COMPANY PERSONNEL TO READ GAS METER.

Technical

THIS IS EXAMPLE OF "PORTA PROCESSOR", ELECTRONIC METER READER USED 1985 TO 1990 BY CONSUMERS' GAS. IT WAS REPLACED IN 1990 BY "ITRON" SYSTEM WHICH USES "DATA CAP" HAND HELD RECORDER.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 GREY LETTERING ON FRONT READS "TELXON PTC-790"; LABEL ON BACK READS "TELXON MADE IN U.S.A./ SERIAL NO. 8104-84-16579/ MODEL RFO 83-65/64"; LABEL WITH U.S & FOREIGN PATENT INFO. (SEE LIST N SUPP. INFO.); BARCODE LABEL READING "698163/ 01/29/90"; BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON BUTTONS; LABELS READING "SPARE" & "110"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 BLACK WITH BLUE, RED, WHITE BUTTONS, WHITE CONTROL FUNCTION LABEL/.2 BLACK WITH METALLIC HARDWARE

Decoration

N/A