Elevator loader
Meccano Ltd
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1952
Materials
Metal
Measurements
193 mm (length); 60 mm (width); 155 mm (height)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661901
Summary
A Dinky blue and yellow painted metal model ‘Supertoy Elevator Loader’. Supported on four revolving blue and grey wheels. At the bottom end of the elevator loader is a large blue funnel-shaped compartment. It is hinged and shares a common axle with the lowest cog wheel shaft inside the elevator section. Two small cog wheels connect to this cog wheel shaft and all three turn via a handle on the side of the elevator section. There would originally have been a conveyor belt which is now missing from the inside of the elevator section. At the top end of the elevator is a rotating blue funnel-shaped chute. The elevator section is supported by a piece of yellow painted framework which incorporates a facsimile motor. At the front of this framework is a metal loop which enables one to pull the elevator loader along.
Marks and inscriptions
Blue funnel shaped compartment at bottom of elevator section: DINKY/ SUPERTOYS/ BARBER-GREENE OLDING/ ELEVATOR LOADER/ MADE IN ENGLAND/ MECCANO LTD.
Makers and roles
Meccano Ltd, maker