General Information

Serial #

14023

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

GENERALLY PRESSED STEEL, INCLUDES STEEL SHAFTS, STEEL AND PLASTIC GEARS AND FLEXIBLE STEEL CABLES USED TO POSITION TYPE BOX.

Dimensions

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

Length

57.0 cm

Width

45.0 cm

Height

31.0 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

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1957 TO 1975

Canada

MODEL 28 MACHINES USED EXTENSIVELY IN CANADA.

Function

TO SEND OR RECEIVE TELEGRAPH MESSAGES. CAN SEND EITHER FROM KEYBOARD OR FROM PERFORATED PAPER TAPE PREPARED AT OPERATOR'S CONVENIENCE FOR LATER TRANSMISSION AT MAX. FACILITY SPEED (100 WPM). TYPING UNIT PRINTS ON STANDARD 8 IN. ROLL PAPER OR ON EDGE PERFORATED FORM STOCK.

Technical

LAST HEAVY DUTY BAUDOT SERIES TELEPRINTER EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURED BY TELETYPE CORPORATION. THE MODEL 32 SERIES FOLLOWED. THE BASIC 28 DESIGN WAS MODIFIED FOR ASCII USE AND DESIGNATED AS A MODEL 35.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATES: 'TELETYPE/ SERIAL NO./ 14023'/ 'U.S. PATENTS/ 2490608 2566031/ 2568249 2648385 2678118'/ 'TELETYPE/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ MANUFACTUREDBY/ TELETYPE CORPORATION/ CHICAGO, U.S.A' [2 PLATES]/ 'TELETYPE/ CODE/ LPE-3'/ 'TELETYPE/ SERIAL NO./ 14259'/ '28G PERFORATOR/ TRANSMITTER BASE'/ 'TELETYPE/ SERIAL NO./ 25163'/ 'U.S. PATENTS/ 2605366 2607848/ OTHER PATENTS PENDING'/ 'TELETYPE/ SERIAL NO./ 183408'/ '28A/ MOTOR UNIT'/ PLATE ON MOTOR: 'T-10125'

Missing

CASE (COMBINATION TABLE AND COVER), READER/ TRANS- MITTER, MOUNTING SCREWS FOR TYPING UNIT, INTERNAL CONNECTING PLUGS AND CABLES.

Finish

NATURAL STEEL FINISH. KEYBOARD, COLOURED PLASTICS (RED AND TEAL)

Decoration

N/A