IH electric motor

[jeff k.]

I found an 3/4 h.p. IH electric motor in my travels,but i don't know any thing about them. can anyone tell me a little history on them'or where to find info. on them. Maybe even aprox value.

[cubby]

without pics its hard to tell exactlly what its for. can be anything from a barn cleaner motor to a gradge door opener. ih made a ton of stuff for homes as well as farm. our first refrigerator was a ih sorry its hard w/o pics

[jeff k.]

Here are some pics. dose this help any one?

[cubby]

Its a general purpose motor, used on any # of things, it looks like the one we used on our old converted wet stone wheel that was originlly foot operated.
my Grandad put a motor like that on it when i was young.likely value not much,
had old one and could not find parts anywhere

[JayBrd]

Yep, my grandfather had one of those on his table saw

[jeff k.]

Originally Posted by JayBrd

Yep, my grandfather had one of those on his table saw

I was told that it came off a table saw. I see reminence of saw dust. It still works ,so i will just keep it in my collection as something to talk about.

[JayBrd]

Originally Posted by jeff k.

i will just keep it in my collection as something to talk about.

I have been searching for an old IH fridge just to stash in the corner for the same thing..

[MBounds]

JeffK.. in the photo, I can see the word International but nowhere do I see the word Harvester or the IHC logo. The term International was copyrighted for agricultural and transportation applications manufactured by IH. That did not apply to table saws, so your "Internatinal" electric motor likely has nothing to do with IH (who didn't make electric motors) as all their generators and motor generators. etc., were made by Delco-Remy IIRC.

Myron B

[jeff k.]

Under Internatinal it says Internatinal Harvester Co. Chicago U.S.A.

[edit] Home appliances
Although best known for farm equipment, IH produced home appliances for farmers and non-farmers alike. This included refrigeration equipment such as refrigerators, air conditioners, and freezers. Like many automobile and truck makers did during this period, (Ford had Philco, Chrysler had Airtemp, General Motors had Frigidaire, Nash-Kelvinator Corporation (and then American Motors) had Kelvinator, Studebaker had the Franklin Appliance Company, White, IHC had a refrigeration division of its own.

Originally, the appliance division had been developed to manufacture commercial-grade items to farmers, most of whom had just received electricity by way of the many electrification projects in the United States before and after World War II. Among the offerings were milk coolers and walk-in freezers for produce and meat. Later on, IH courted the farmer's wife with kitchen refrigerators available in the latest designer styles. The IH spokeswoman for these products was Irma Harding, a factory trademark. These products were introduced in 1947 and sold for less than ten years. The refrigeration division was sold to Whirlpool Corporation in 1955. Since the time of production was short, these appliances are quite rare today.[7][12]

[edit] See also


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...en_years_of_IH


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Scott