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This purchase included IBM's fire protection division. Originally, Simplex's fire alarm line simply consisted of relabeled IBM devices and control panels, but they began to introduce redesigned IBM products starting in the early 1960s. In the mid-1960s, Simplex attempted to introduce low-voltage DC systems; these panels were not a success.
This panel was the 2 zone variant of the C-series conventional fire alarm panels released by Autocall in the late 1990s. When Thorn was purchased by Tyco-owned Grinnell in 1996, their systems were branded under "Grinnell/Autocall". [5] In 2001, Tyco purchased Simplex Time Recorder Company and merged it with Grinnell, forming SimplexGrinnell. [6]
Western Auto sold Simplex motorcycles under the Wizard brand in the mid-1950s. [1] Simplex's minimalist philosophy was maintained throughout the company's history, whose designs changed little after 1935. By the 1950s Simplex's designs were primitive, leading to the end of Servi-Cycle and Automatic production in 1960.
In 1998, General Signal Corporation was acquired for $2.3 billion, specializing in production of process control, electrical control, and industrial technological industries. [8] [12] United Dominion Industries Limited, a manufacturer of engineered products, was acquired in 2001.
The company was started in 1903 as Lee Stroyer, a joint venture by Jens Stroyer and Pelham Lee.In 1905, following the departure of Stroyer, it was relocated to Paynes Lane, Coventry, and renamed as Coventry Simplex by Horace Pelham Lee, [1] a former Daimler employee, who saw an opportunity in the nascent internal combustion engine market.
The common hand soap dispenser is such a pump. Radial piston pump – a form of hydraulic pump where pistons extend in a radial direction. Vibratory pump or vibration pump – a particularly low-cost form of plunger pump, popular in low-cost espresso machines. [15] [16] The only moving part is a spring-loaded piston, the armature of a solenoid.
Crane-Simplex was the common name of the Simplex Crane Model 5 luxury automobile, produced by the Simplex Automobile Company in New Brunswick, New Jersey, from 1915 to 1918. [ 1 ] Crane-Simplex Company was formed in 1922 in Long Island City, New York , by Henry M. Crane to resume production of the luxury car .
In 1931, the company changed its name from Motor Rail & Tram Car Co to Motor Rail Ltd. The trade name Simplex was registered in 1953, though the name Simplex was in use by the company as early as 1915. [4] In 1972 the company was renamed Simplex Mechanical Handling Ltd. [2]