Teleprinter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 5 LEVEL/PAGE/KSR
- DATE
- 1948
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0687.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Teletype Corp.
- MODEL
- 28C
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BASE, CAST ALUMINUM/ MOVING PARTS PRESSED STEEL/ MACHINED PLASTIC AND STEEL GEARS/ FRAME ASSEMBLY PRESSED STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 34.0 cm
- Width
- 32.5 cm
- Height
- 27.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Teletype
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- Period
- NIL - EXPERIMENTAL DEVICE
- Canada
-
NIL - Function
-
TO SEND AND RECEIVE PAGE PRINTED COPY USING STANDARD 5 UNIT BAUDOT PRINTING TELEGRAPH CODE. - Technical
-
CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT FROM THETYPEWRITER LIKE TYPE BASKET MECHANISM USED IN EARLIER MODELS AND FIRST EXPLORED IN THE MODEL 26 MACHINE. ALSO A MOVE AWAY FROM COTTON CARRIAGE RETURN STRAPS TO METALLIC TAPES.THE 28 SERIES STRONGLY ORIENTED TOWARD LOWER MAINTENANCE AND HIGH RELIABILITY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 3 ROWS OF KEYS: '1Q 2W 3E 4R 5T 6Y 7U 8I 9O 0P/ -A BELLS $D !F &G [POUND NOTE]H 'J (K )L CAR RET./ FIGS "Z /X:C;V ?B,N.M LTRS LINEFEED'/ MFG. PLATE ON MOTOR: 'TELETYPE CORP./ CHICAGO, ILL./ AC SYN MOTOR/ MODEL 5-9030-JT/ TYPE RBS FR.3712/ VOLTS 110 CYC. 60 PH.1/ H.P. 1/150 R.P.M. 1800/ AMP.54 WD.SYN/ TEMP.RISE 40oC/ TIME RATING CONT/ SERIAL NO. 1024438/ MADE IN U.S.A./ BY/ THE HOLTZER-CABOT ELEC CO./ BOSTON/ CHICAGO'
- Missing
- TYPE MECHANISM DAMAGED. From CA of 10/31/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
- Finish
- BASE BLACK WRINKLE ENAMEL, BALANCE NATURAL STEEL/ KEYS YELLOW WITH BLACK & RED PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Teletype Corp., Teleprinter, circa 1948, Artifact no. 1986.0687, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0687.001/
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