Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
1994.048.001 |
Object Name |
Baler, Paper |
Title |
Climax Fire-Proof No. 3 Baler |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Date |
1915 patent |
Artist |
Climax Baler Co. |
Made |
Climax Baler Co. |
Place of Origin |
Hamilton, Ontario |
Description |
A CLIMAX Fire-proof No. 3 baler, manufactured by the Climax Baler Co., Hamilton, Ontario, and patented Nov. 9, 1915. It is a free-standing, hand-operated metal device for compressing cardboard, paper, excelsior, etc. The top area has a bare wooden grip handle. The maker's information is stencilled in yellow paint. |
Makers mark |
Stencilled lettering |
Provenance |
It was patented in 1915 and made by the Climax Baler Co. of Hamilton, Ontario. Museum staff was told that the McKay Bros. store used it to compact its coal cinders so that they could be disposed of more easily. Last owned by Ralph Stobbe who purchased the former McKay Bros. store building and this item was still there when he obtained it. |
Collection |
Commercial Equipment Collection |
Material |
Metal/Steel/Paint/Wood |
Dimensions |
H-149 W-60.8 L-81 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
McKay Brothers McKay, James B. McKay, Tom |
Subjects |
Coal Paper Hay |
Search Terms |
McKay Brothers Dry Goods |
Function |
It is a hand-operated metal device for compressing cardboard, paper, excelsior, etc. Commercial establishments that had waste cardboard, paper, straw, excelsior, etc. that they wished to get rid of would compact the material in a baler like this. Sometimes print shops had them to compact up waste paper or cardboard. |