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Object Name |
Template, Drafting |
Object Number |
2020.033.058 |
Description |
Drafting Template Thin green plastic drafting template with eleven half circle radii and six circle cutouts; oval-shaped; left half of guide template has thick curved cutouts; right half of guide has thin curved cutouts; each cutout is labeled with black text; six circle cutouts located in the centre of the guide, circles decrease in size toward the bottom edge of the guide; black text printed near the top edge in the centre between the two sets of radii reads: "Berol RapiDesign/ R-2127/ METRIC/ CIVIL ENGINEERS’/ RADIUS GUIDE/ SCALES:/ 1:1/ 1:200/ 1:400/ 1:500/ 1:800/ 1:1000/ USE FACE DOWN FOR INKING/ CENTRE SCALE/ CAN BE READ/ AS MM." |
Provenance |
Drafting template used by employees at the Fraser Valley Regional District [FVRD]. This drafting template is a Metric Civil Engineers’ Radius Guide type R-2127, made by Berol - RapiDesign in the United States. This template is used to create circles in different scales of diameters. Drafting templates are stencils that allow the user to draw specific symbols and shapes that are repeatedly used in a design. By tracing around the holes, the user can quickly and accurately draw the shape required. RapiDesign was patented on May 15, 1943, the company specialized in drafting instruments namely triangles, irregular curves, drafting guides, templates, and graduated scales (United States Patent Office, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Vol. 864, p.230). The American-based company Chartpak (1949 - present) acquired the RapiDesign brand in the 1980s (https://www.chartpak.net/tradition). The "Eagle Pencil Company" was founded by Daniel Berolzheimer in 1856 in New York City. In 1969 the company name was changed to "Berol," the owning family's now-shortened surname. In 1987, Berol was acquired by the Empire Pencil Corporation of Tennessee. In 1995 it was acquired by Sanford L.P., a division of Newell Brands, becoming a subsidiary of it until the last factory closed in 2010. It is unclear when the Berol - RapiDesign brand was established. The Fraser Valley Regional District (1995 - present) is a local government that delivers over 100 separate services to over 280,000 residents in the Fraser Valley. Services include: fire protection, sewer, water, storm drainage, building inspection, bylaw enforcement, planning, and zoning and development. Communities include eight unincorporated Electoral Areas as well as the municipalities of: Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Harrison Hot Springs, Hope, Kent, and Mission. The headquarters is based in Chilliwack at the intersection of Cheam Avenue and Young Road. Employees in the Engineering and the Planning and Development departments, particularly surveyors, drafters, and GIS technicians, likely used templates such as this in their work. |