The Delta Electric Company was an American
electronics
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manufacturer
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formed in 1913 in
Marion, Indiana
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that produced
lantern
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s,
flashlight
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s,
automotive and
bicycle lighting
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, battery tubes,
horn
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s, horn buttons,
light switch
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es, other
battery-powered
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When a battery is supplying power, its positive terminal is the cathode and its negat ...
electrical parts, and
bilge pump
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s.
[Catalog of Copyright Entries]
Third Series: 1966: January–June, 1968, Library of Congress Copyright Office, p. 737 (retrieved 10 August 2010 at Google Books
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) It was moved to Marion from an existing business in
Chicago
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following a stock purchase.
[
Delta was purchased in 1964][ or 1965 by the Novo Industrial Corporation. One of Novo Industrial Corp.'s subsidiary companies, King Bee Manufacturing Co., was moved to Marion, and its line of automotive lighting and safety equipment, including ]headlamp
A headlamp is a lamp attached to the front of a vehicle to illuminate the road ahead. Headlamps are also often called headlights, but in the most precise usage, ''headlamp'' is the term for the device itself and ''headlight'' is the term for ...
s, safety lights, directional lights, mirror
A mirror or looking glass is an object that Reflection (physics), reflects an image. Light that bounces off a mirror will show an image of whatever is in front of it, when focused through the lens of the eye or a camera. Mirrors reverse the ...
s, and reflectors for trucks, buses, trailers, and farm tractors, was merged into the Delta line of products.[
United Air Cleaner (UAC) was a division of Nova Industrial Corp. that produced ]air cleaner
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s.[
Delta Electric was a division of Novo Industrial Corp. until 1968 when Novo became part of United Filtration Corp.][ Delta continued to operate as a division of United Filtration.]side-view mirror
A side-view mirror (or side mirror), also known as a wing mirror, is a mirror placed on the exterior of motor vehicles for the purposes of helping the driver see areas behind and to the sides of the vehicle, outside the driver's peripheral v ...
s and various automotive switches.[ By 1976 the company's main line had become warning ]buzzer
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s for fire and security alarms.[
Halle Industries Inc. had acquired Delta]smoke detector
A smoke detector is a device that senses smoke, typically as an indicator of fire. Smoke detectors are usually housed in plastic enclosures, typically shaped like a disk about in diameter and thick, but shape and size vary. Smoke can be detecte ...
alarms to Japanese imports.[
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Electronics companies established in 1913
Defunct manufacturing companies based in Indiana
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Flashlights
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1913 establishments in Indiana
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1978 disestablishments in Indiana
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