Distributor, transmitter

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OBJECT TYPE: 6 LEVEL BAUDOT
DATE: 1940–1949
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0688.001

MANUFACTURER: Teletype Corp.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: NIL
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BASE, CAST ALUMINUM/ TRANSMITTER ASSEMBLIES, CAST IRON/ BALANCE OF PARTS PRESSED STEEL AND ROD/ COPPER MAGNET WIRE USED FOR MOTOR AND CLUTCH RELEASE MAGNET/ GEARS, PLASTIC.

Dimensions

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

Length: 40.0 cm
Width: 19.0 cm
Height: 19.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Typesetting
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: Unknown
Period: 1940'S THROUGH 1970'S
Canada: MAY HAVE PROVIDED FASTER NEWS RELEASE, RECOGNIZING CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY.
Function: USED TO TRANSMIT 6 LEVEL PREPUNCHED PAPER TAPE. THE SIGNAL WAS USED TO DRIVE AUTOMATIC LINOTYPE MACHINES THAT PRODUCED TYPE MASTERS FOR PRINTING PRESSES.
Technical: PART OF AN EARLY SYSTEM USED TO AUTOMATE NEWSPAPER TYPESETTING. ADVANTAGE OVER A 5 LEVEL TELEPRINTER WAS THAT THE 6 LEVEL ALLOWEDUPPER & LOWER CASE CHARACTERS & A FULL RANGE OF PUNCTUATIONS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: STAMPED ON TOP: '6 UNIT'/ STICKER: 'Checked/ OK GP/ 1-14-60'/ STAMPEDON DISK: '84347 8 8/12 UNIT'/ MFR. PLATE ON MOTOR: 'A-C MOTOR/ FOR LIGHTING CIRCUITS/ MODEL NO 37233/ WHEN ORDERING PARTS GIVE MODEL NO/ TYPE SKS/ FRAME 25/ FORM A/ VOLTS 110/ AMP.2/ PH 1 H.P. 1/60/ CYCLES 60/ SPEED 1800/ TEMP. RISE50oC. OPEN/ TIME RATING CONT./ NO. PAT. 1618771/ GEN. ELEC. CO., U.S.A./ NP19791-H5/ EH'
Missing: TOP COVER/ TRANSMITTER COVER/ DISTRIBUTOR ROTER/ DISTRIBUTOR BRUSHES/ BOTTOM PLATE. From CA of 10/30/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
Finish: BASE, BLACK GLOSS ENAMEL/ TOP OF TRANSMITTER BLACK GLOSS ENAMEL/ PLATED STEEL.
Decoration: N/A

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Teletype Corp., Distributor, transmitter, between 1940–1949, Artifact no. 1986.0688, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0688.001/

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