Reader, card
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MECHANICAL
- DATE
- 1968
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0818.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NRC, Electrical Eng. Div.
- MODEL
- 2
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS BASE; STEEL PINS AND COLUMN FINDER;DYMO-TAPE; RUBBER FEET.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.4 cm
- Width
- 16.8 cm
- Height
- 9.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital peripheral devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- LATE 1960'S
- Canada
-
Idea of Jim Swail (engineer with a visual impairment at NRC) designed in the shops by Gary Perkins. - Function
-
Assists a person with a visual impairment in 'reading' punched computer card. tactile stimulus works by a fulcrum effect. Roller falls into hole in card and raises a pin felt by fingertip. - Technical
-
MORE EFFECTIVE THAN EARLIER MODELS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- '2' HANDWRITTEN IN BLUE BALLPOINT INK ON SILVER-COLOURED METALLIC SQUARE STICKER ATTACHED TO BASE; MFR'S PLATE READS: 'NRC' 'RADIO & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DIVISION NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OTTAWA-CANADA' 'REHABILITATION AID FOR THE BLIND' IN BLACK LETTERS ON SILVER-COLOURED METAL.
- Missing
- none
- Finish
- RELEASE PINS AT SIDE ARE TEXTURED FOR GRIP; SERRATED FRONT ON COLUMN FINDER
- Decoration
- N/A
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NRC, Electrical Eng. Div., Reader, card, circa 1968, Artifact no. 1985.0818, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0818.001/
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