General Information

Serial #

12621

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION (IRON ?)

Dimensions

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

Length

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Width

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Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Cady

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF SCALE USED IN 20TH CENTURY.

Canada

THIS BASIS WEIGHT PAPER SCALE WAS USED BY CANADIAN WIREBOUND BOXES LTD. AT EITHER THE TORONTO, ON OFFICE OR THE MONTREAL, PQ PRODUCTION FACILITY. (REF. 1)

Function

USED TO SUPPLY BASIS WEIGHT VALUES IN POUNDS PER REAM FOR 480, 500 AND 516 PAPER SHEET REAMS.

Technical

THIS STYLE OF PAPER SCALE IS NOT UNCOMMON, HOWEVER, THE CADY PATENT WAS BASED ON THE ABILITY TO CORRECT THE PRECISION OF THE SCALE BY CHANGING THE WEIGHT ON THE COUNTERPOISE SO THAT THE SCALE ALWAYS REGISTERED PERFECTLY AT ZERO WITH THE BASKET EMPTY. PAPER IS GENERALLY SOLD ACCORDING TO ITS WEIGHT, AND THE WEIGHT OF PAPER AFFECTS MOST OF ITS PROPERTIES, THEREFORE, ALL PAPER-MAKERS AND MANY PRINTERS AND BOX MAKERS USED PAPER SCALES IN THEIR OPERATIONS. IN N. AMERICA, THE BASIS WEIGHT OF PAPER AS SUPPLIED BY THE MILL OR JOBBER WAS EXPRESSED IN POUNDS PER REAM AND THE CADY SCALE WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE BASIS WEIGHT VALUES FOR 480, 500, & 516 SHEET REAMS ACCORDING TO SHEET SIZE SELECTED BY THE USER. (REF.1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"PAT'D 1,321,595/ NOV. 11, 1919/ E.J. CADY & CO./ SERIAL NO./ 12621" appears on mfr's plate, fixed to crosspiece of scale. "Made in/ CHICAGO/ U.S.A./ Pat. 11-11-1919" incised on upper end of ruled scale. Scale proper bears 3 scales, each graduated and identified. Scale at top divided 50 to 0, and labelled at intervals of 5: scale marked "KILOGRAMS/ PER 500 SHEETS". Middle scale divided 120 to 0, and labelled at intervals of 5: scale marked "POUNDS/ PER 500 SHEETS". Lower scale divided 120 to 0, and labelled at intervals of 5: scale marked "POUNDS/ PER 480 SHEETS".

Missing

SCALE IS COMPLETE. MAY BE MISSING ADDITIONAL "BUTTONS" OR WEIGHTS.

Finish

NATURAL FINISH

Decoration

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