Key, telegraph

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OBJECT TYPE: SEMIAUTOMATIC
DATE: 1936–1942
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1976.0518.001

MANUFACTURER: VIBROPLEX CO. INC.
MODEL: 6
LOCATION: Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 104915
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST IRON BASE/ NICKEL PLATED STEEL/ EBONITE OPERATING DISC, SWITCH KNOB & RESTS/ FABRIC/ METAL & EBONITE JACK/ COPPER WASHERS.

Dimensions

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

Length: 20.0 cm
Width: 9.0 cm
Height: 8.4 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Telegraphy
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: VIBROPLEX
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Brooklyn

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: CIRCA 1925 TO 1965
Canada: Unknown
Function: A DEVICE FOR OPENING OR CLOSING AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT TO TRANSMIT MESSAGES.
Technical: DESIGN CHANGE TO BETTER FACILITATE THE OPERATOR, RESULTING IN GREATER SPEED/ THE #6 KNOWN AS THE "LIGTNING BUG" WAS BROUGHT OUT IN 1926 &MADE IN VARIOUS FORMS UNTIL 1982/ ELIMINATED ALL CAST PARTS EXCEPT THE BASE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON MANUFACTURER'S PLATE: PATENT NUMBERS, REFER TO PATENT REFERENCE/ 'THE VIBROPLEX COMPANY'/ A BUG SYMBOL/ 'TRADE MARK NO.104915/ TRADE VIBROPLEX MARK/ THE VIBROPLEX COMPANY, INC./ 796 FULTON ST., BROOKLYN, N.Y.' RAISED LETTERING.
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE - SOME REPAIRS TO OPERATING LEVER From CA of 09/18/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
Finish: BLACK PAINTED BASE
Decoration: GOLD COLOURED DESIGN ON BASE/ EMBOSSED MANUFACTURER'S PLATE.

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VIBROPLEX CO. INC., Key, telegraph, between 1936–1942, Artifact no. 1976.0518, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0518.001/

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