General Information

Serial #

144230

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ZINC ALLOY CASING/ BRASS COVER & PARTS/ OTHER METAL PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DISTRIBUTOR/ GLASS WINDOW

Dimensions

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

Length

22.0 cm

Width

12.5 cm

Height

20.0 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

KW IGNITION

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Ohio

City

Cleveland

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1912

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 AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.

Function

PART OF IGNITION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE. IT USES MAGNETIC FIELD TO PRODUCE ELECTRIC SPARK WHICH EXPLODES GASOLINE VAPOUR IN CYLINDER OF ENGINE, ENABLING IT TO FUNCTION.

Technical

EARLY MAGNETO WITH MANY UNIQUE FEATURES, PRODUCED BY INNOVATIVE COMPANY WHICH WAS RELATIVELY SHORT-LIVED IN FIELD. K-W WAS EARLY PIONEER IN AUTO-ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT. THEIR WOODEN CASED IGNITION COIL DEVELOPED FOR FORD & USED ON HIS MODEL T WAS ICON (REF 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

CAST LETTERING ON CASING END READING "MODEL-T/ No 0144230" & "MFD BY/ THE K-W IGNITION CO./ CLEVELAND, O. U.S.A/ PAT'D MAY 21, 1907 MADE IN U.S.A./ MOULDED LETTERING IN SYNTHETIC READS "THE K-W IGNITION CO. CLEVELAND, O. U.S.A"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

METALLIC GREY CASING & PARTS/ BRASS COLOURED PARTS/ BROWN SYNTHETIC

Decoration

CAST "K-W" LOGO IN CASING