General Information

Serial #

3119

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CASTALUMINUM FRAME AND SHAFT SUPPORT/ SMALL PARTSAND PULLEYS PUNCHED AND/OR CAST AND MACHINED STEEL/ PROTECTIVE PLATES, OR COVERS, SHEET STEEL/ WOOD CABINET

Dimensions

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

Length

54.0 cm

Width

47.5 cm

Height

18.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telegraphy

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Creed

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1914 THROUGH 1960

Canada

Unknown

Function

USED TO PERFORATE MORSE CODE MESSAGES ON PAPER TAPE IN THE WHEATSTONE CODE FORMAT. TAPE LATER READ BY A MECHANICAL READER THAT OPERATED IN SET OF CONTACTS THAT WOULD SEND THE MESSAGE OVER A TELEGRAPH CIRCUIT.

Technical

PROBABLY THE FIRST MODEL OF A WHEATSTONE PERFORATOR DEVELOPED BY CREED. THIS MODEL, BEING MOTOR DRIVEN, IS AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE ORIGINAL PERFORATOR DEVELOPED BY KLIENSCHMIDT IN THE U.S. IN 1911.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTED ABOVE KEYBOARD: 'CREED & CO. LTD LONDON'/ '3' PAINTED ON FRONT/ KEYS READ: '1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0/ Q W E R [?] Y U I O P/ A S D F G H J K L =/ COMB Z X C V B N M [CROSS]/ BLANK'/ MFR'S PLATE ON MOTOR: 'TYPE MB SHUNT MOTOR NO. 57414 P.O. NO./ V 95/105/ DC A.5/ HP.03 R.P.M. 1750/ THE CROYDON ENG. CO. LTD./ CROYDON, ENGLAND'

Missing

CHAD BOX (SLIDES UNDER RAILS TO THE LEFT OF KEYBOARD)/ COPY HOLDER

Finish

PERFORATOR AND MOTOR, GLOSS BLACK ENAMEL/ SMALL PARTS, NATURAL FINISH STEEL/ COMPLETE UNIT MOUNTED IN A WOODEN PROTECTIVE CASE, FINISH IN MAHOGANY GLOSS VARNISH.

Decoration

CREED & CO. LTD. LONDON PRINTED ABOVE KEYBOARD IN GOLD ENAMEL WITH TRIM BORDER