Object Details
Variant company name
Founded 1918 (https://www.parker.com/cylinder/ISO/introduction.htm)
Company Name
Parker Appliance Co.
Related companies
Merged with the Hannifin Mfg. Co. in 1957 to form the Parker Hannifin Corp. The term A.L. Parker is listed as the holder of the copyright in some of the bulletins.
Date
1900s
Record ID
SILNMAHTL_28715
Type of material
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Notes content
Trade lit for the Parker Appliance Co., founded in 1918 by Arthur L. Parker in order to make a pneumatic braking system that used compressed air to stop heavy trucks and buses quickly and safely. Eventually, the company also began using fluid, aka hydraulics, for tasks including braking, lifting, turning and pushing. A 1929 catalog for Parker Tube Couplings for Power Plants. An Oct. 1937 bulletin (No. 42) for Parker Tube Couplings in Power Plants. A November 1939 price list and technical data for Parker Valves (Bulletin No. 38B). A Sept. 1940 Service Manual (Bulletin No. 48) with instructions for using Parker tubing and fittings for use in airplane hydraulics and building plumbing installations. March 1940 instructions and price list (Bulletin No. 40E) for Parker Benders Tube Fabricating Equipment. A 1943 booklet called Fluid Power, which notes that hydraulics have applications for public utilities, the chemical industry, railroad locomotives, ships, to make synthetic rubber, to pump oil, in diesel engines, in refrigeration, to power machine tools and in the fuel, oil, oxygen and hydraulic lines that make up bombers and other aircraft. Also, a hard copy of a brief history of Parker Appliance from the Parker Hannifin website. (see https://www.parker.com/cylinder/ISO/introduction.htm)
Includes
Trade catalog, price lists, manual and histories
Black and white images
Physical description
7 pieces; 1 box
Place
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Location
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source
Smithsonian Libraries
Topic (Romaine term)
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)
Plumbing supplies and fixtures
Pumping machinery and air compressors
Heating; ventilation and air conditioning
Refinery equipment
Machine tools and metalworking equipment
Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.
Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies
Construction and earth-moving machinery
Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)
Bridges
Military equipment and supplies (including uniforms)
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)
Engineering consultants and contractors
Chemicals and chemical products
Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)
Plastics and rubber
Topic
Air conditioning
Air-compressors
Armed Forces -- Equipment
Automobiles
Barrels
Boats and boating
Bottling
Bridge construction industry
Chemicals
Construction equipment
Consulting engineers
Earthmoving machinery
Engineers
Engines
Heating
Heating and ventilation industry
Industrial equipment
Machine-tools
Machinery
Marine machinery
Metal-working machinery
Military supplies
Military uniforms
Motor vehicles
Motors
Oil field equipment and supplies industry
Record ID
SILNMAHTL_28715