A FANTASTIC VINTAGE (c1950) MINIMAX MODEL 4B "CONE SHAPE" FIRE EXTINGUISHER

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THIS FANTASTIC VINTAGE (c1950) MINIMAX MODEL 4B "CONE SHAPE" FIRE EXTINGUISHER MEASURES 79cm LONG x 21cm WIDE. THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER IS A SODA ACID EXTINGUISHER. THESE CONICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS WERE FIRST MANUFACTURED IN THE 1920's BY MINIMAX UNTIL THEY WERE BOUGHT OUT BY THE PYRENE COMPANY IN 1955 (THEN ULTIMATELY BY CHUBB IN 1967).

FROM THE INTERNET: "Minimax Limited opened their first office in England in 1903 in Leadenhall Street, London, with one salesman. In 1905 they won the 'highest award' for extinguishers in a St.Louis exhibition. In 1907 Minimax were suppliers to King Edward VII for protection of his motor car, and were exporting to countries such as Argentina, China, Siam, India and Tasmania. In England, extinguishers had been supplied to Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle, Winchester Cathedral and Oxford and Cambridge Universities"

LINK: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimax_Limited