General Information

Serial #

5479

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

139.5 cm

Width

59.0 cm

Height

114.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

PHOTON

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Wilmington

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO AUTOMATICALLY SET TYPE ON FILM OR PAPER

Technical

EXAMPLE OF A PHOTOTYPESETTING MACHINE BASED ON A GLASS MATRIX DISC, THIS TYPE OF MACHINE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PHOTOTYPESETTING MACHINES TO BE TAPE DRIVEN

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 INSIDE, PLATE 'PHOTON, INC./ 5479'/ PLATE ON A COMPONENT 'SCHEMATIC 2E-54 28/ MECHANICAL REV 27/ ELECTRICAL REV T', STAMPED ABOVE IS '5582'/ OTHER COMPONENT PLATES INCLUDE 'MAIN DRIVE MOTOR/ 2E-0688', 'BODINE ELECTRIC COMPANY/...VOLTS 115 AMPS 1.8/... 1/15/...A.C. MOTOR'/ 'RETURN CLUTCH/SOL.'/ 'SENSING PLATE/ SOL.'/ 'VARIABLE ESCAPEMENT/ 2B-0030'/.2 PANEL INCLUDESHEADINGS 'Font', 'Leading Counter', 'Line Counter', 'Lenses', 'Stop At End of Line', 'Leading Repeat', 'Continious Leading', 'Reverse Leading'/.3 ON DISC 'PHOTON, Inc./ DISC 2F-0078/ #1', ON CASE 'PHOTON, INC./ Special Characters S/ S Sanseri Extrabold/ *

Missing

3 BUTTONS ON .2 DAMAGED From CA of 02/06/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined

Finish

.1-.2 GREY, SLIGHTLY PEBBLED FINISH WITH CHROME-LIKE HARDWARE/.3 GREY OUTER FINISH, SILVER-COLOURED & BLACK WORKINGS PTS WITH BLACK& MULTI-COLOURED WIRES/.4 BLACK & TRANSPARENT DISC, SILVER-COLOURED & BLACK CENTRE PIECES/ BOX VARNISHED WOOD WITH BRASS-COLOURED HARDWARE, GREY FOAM CUSHIONED AREAS INSIDE

Decoration

N/A