General Information

Serial #

236

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

FRAME- WOOD (CHERRY)/ MOST METAL MECHANICS- BRASS (IE. HANDLE, GEARS, BEARINGS)/ PENS- STEEL (ORIGINALLY PENS WERE MADE OF BRASS)/ BOLTS- IRON

Dimensions

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

Length

304.8 cm

Width

129.5 cm

Height

216.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Bookbinding

Category

Ruling

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

HICKOK

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Pennsylvania

City

Harrisburg

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

CA. 1860-1978

Canada

TYPICAL OFEARLY STYLE RULING MACHINE USED IN CANADA AND SPECIFICALLY BY A GUELPH BINDERY FROM THE 1850'S UNTIL 1978.

Function

FOR THE RULING OF LINES ON BLANK PAPER (LEDGERS, SCHOOL BOOKS ETC.)

Technical

A VERY EARLY STYLE OF RULING MACHINE (CA. 1852) 'THE MACHINE STILL HAS TO BE OPERATED BY HAND & IT WAS STILL NECESSARY TO STOP & START IT IN ORDER TO "SET" THE PEN AT ANY GIVEN POINT ON THE PAPER, BUT INSTEAD OF A SINGLE CLOTH CONVEYOR, IT WAS EQUIPPED WITH TWO CLOTHS..., WHICH PERMITTED THE RULED SHEETS TO DRY AS THEY PASSED THROUGH THE MACHINE & TO BE LAYED AUTOMATICALLY AT THE END IN A RECEIVING BOX, THUS, ELIMINATING THE SERVICES OF THE "LAY-BOY" (REF.1,PG.5).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

REQUIRES NEW APRONS; WOODEN PIVOT ON WHICH STRIKER RESTS WAS CRACKED IN TRANSIT; MACHINE APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A