General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL CASING, CARRIAGE MECHANISM, KEY BARS, PARTS; SYNTHETIC KEYS & SWITCHES, PLATEN KNOBS, POWER CORD; RUBBER? PLATEN, FEET; GLASS? LIGHT/.2 PLASTIC COVER

Dimensions

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

Length

69.0 cm

Width

44.0 cm

Height

32.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

VARITYPER

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Newark

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

AFTER 1952 +

Canada

Unknown

Function

DEVICE USED IN PROCESS OF SETTING CHARACTERS IN TYPE.

Technical

VARITYPER WAS CALLED "WORLD'S FIRST COLD TYPE COMPOSING MACHINE" WHEN LAUNCHED IN 1930'S. IT OFFERED CHANGEABLE SIZES & STYLES OF FONTS & AUTOMATIC JUSTIFICATION & WASLESS EXPENSIVE & MORE COMPACT THAN CONVENTIONAL TYPESETTERS. IT WAS COMMERICALLY SUCCESSFUL FROM OUTSET (REF. 1). THIS MODEL PROBABLY APPEAREDIN 1950'S.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 METALLIC LETTERING ON GREEN & GREY PLATE ON FRONT READS "Varutyper/ (R)" WITH METALLIC "610"; YELLOW & BLACK INTERIOR LABEL READS "TRADE MARK/ REGISTERED/ U.S. PAT. OFF./ Varityper/ MARCA REGISTRADA/ MARQUE DEPOSEE/ VARITYPER CORPORATION NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A./ MANUFACTURED UNDER ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING PATENTS..." [SEE PATENTS & LIST IN SUPP. INFO.]; GREEN LETTERING ON KEYS/.2 GREEN CIRCLE WITH GREY LETTERING READING "Varityper"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASING; PLATED & METALLIC PARTS; METALLIC KEYS WITH WHITE CAPS; GREEN SPACE BAR; GREEN DIAL INDICATORS & WHITE FACE; OFF-WHITE PLATEN KNOBS & SCALE; BLACK PLATENS & FEET;/.2 GREY COVER

Decoration

N/A