Braille dot inverter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SWAIL
- DATE
- 1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0828.001
- MANUFACTURER
- National Research Council Canada
- MODEL
- Unknown
- 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
- STAINLESS STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.3 cm
- Width
- 2.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1970+
- Canada
-
NRC INNOVATIONAL BY JIM SWAIL THAT ACTUALLY WENT INTO LIMITED PRODUCTION COMMERCIALLY. - Function
-
MAKES BRAILLE DOTS WITHOUT HAVING TO TURN THE PAPER OVER; THE PIN PULLS THE PAPER THROUGH, LEAVING A RAISED SURFACE ON THE PAPER. - Technical
-
MADE BRAILLE PRINTING MUCH EASIER AS DIDN'T HAVE TO BE DONE ON REVERSE SIDE OF THE PAGE, COULD FEEL WHAT HAD JUST BEEN WRITTEN WITH- OUT REVERSING PAPER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- SMOOTH SURFACE; DOT RAISING MECHANISM IS MOUNTED ON ASPRING, AND IS SLIGHTLY FLARED AT TIP TO PULL PAPER EDGE BACK THROUGH HOLE; TEXTURED GRIP ON OPENING OF SPRING COMPARTMENT; FACETED HANDLE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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National Research Council Canada, Braille dot inverter, before 1970, Artifact no. 1985.0828, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0828.001/
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