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klaxon

type of electromechanical horn with a distinctive "awooga" sound
Class type of: vehicle horn, electromechanical siren Q16040537

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
brand, generic trademark[3]
Subclass of
vehicle horn, electromechanical siren[5][6]
Different from
Claxon, vehicle horn[9][10]
Discoverer or inventor
Miller Reese Hutchison[2]
Manufacturer
General Motors[4]
Said to be the same as
Klaxon[7]
Time of discovery or invention
1908[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en ahooga horn en awooga en a-woo-gah horn en awooga horn en claxon en klaxon en Klaxon horn en ooga horn en Stewart-Warner horn fi Klaxon-äänitorvi
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
René Gillet 1000 L, 1934 (6).jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/0k2tq
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
claxon-0
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0091120
Patent number
US923048, US923049, US923122
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
03627267-n

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Summary

klaxon is a brand[1].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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