Scratcher, uncapping

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 2009
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2009.0123.001

MANUFACTURER: Dadant & Sons Inc.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Hamilton, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: capping scratcher
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal and moulded plastic

Dimensions

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

Length: 18.3 cm
Width: 7.1 cm
Height: 3.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Apiculture
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Hamilton

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This example never used. This type of tool used in late 1970s- early 1980s.
Canada: Type of tool used for honey extraction in small to medium honey houses.
Function: Used to prepare the cappings from combs of sealed honey before an uncapping knife or uncapping plane is used to remove the cappings prior to extraction.
Technical: Referred to variously as a "capping scratcher" and "uncapping scratcher", this tool's sharp needle-like projections are used to pierce comb cells, and let honey out. Apiculturists started to use uncapping scratchers in the late 1970s/early 1980s to facilitate the uncapping process.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "D" cast in raised form within 6-sided border on tool handle.
Missing: None.
Finish: Cream colour moulded synthetic [plastic] handle and comb head mounting; silver metal needles.
Decoration: N/A

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Dadant & Sons Inc., Scratcher, uncapping, 2009, Artifact no. 2009.0123, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2009.0123.001/

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