General Information

Serial #

12972

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL; SYNTHETIC ELECTRICAL CORD

Dimensions

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

Length

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Width

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Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Barns & buildings

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MOFFAT

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Weston

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1938

Canada

Unknown

Function

USED TO HEAT A PAIL OF WATER, ACTIVATING WHEN A FULL PAIL OF WATER IS HUNG ON BRACKETS - IF WATER BOILS DRY HEATER SHUTS OFF

Technical

SAFE MEANS OF HEATING WATER AS NEEDED AROUND THE MILKHOUSE WITHOUT CARRYING HOT WATER FROM THE HOUSE. WAS ADEQUATE FOR THE TIME FOR WASHING DAIRY EQUIPMENT.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATE READING 'MOFFATS LIMITED/ WESTON, ONT., CANADA/ O.S.A. APPROVAL NO. 194/ FOR USE ON A.C. ONLY/ STYLE EP, 115 VOLTS/ SERIAL 12972, 1320 WATTS'/ PLATE WITH PATENT INFORMATION (partially illegible): ‘PATENTED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES/ CANADA PATENTED 1912 & OTHER PATENTS ______________/ AUSTRALIA PAT AUGUST 12 1937 NO. 104.055/ AUSTRALIA PAT AUGUST 14 1941 NO. 115,_____________/ Great Britain Pat. July 12 1937/ Great Britain Pat SEP 5 1941 549320/ New Zealand Pat No. 78,419; No 85,121/ South Africa UNION PAT AUGUST 5 1937 No. 1015/37/ South Africa UNION PAT MARCH 27 1941 ______ ________/ UNITED STATES PAT NO. 2,272,136 AND ______________'

Missing

From CA of 07/29/1997 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined

Finish

PAIL HEATER PAINTED BLACK ENAMEL WITH WHITE? ELEMENT; BOX PAINTED BLCK ENAMEL; BLUE SYNTHETIC

Decoration

N/A