General Information

Serial #

938064

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL FRAME, CASING, WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ GLASSCOVERS, DIAL WINDOWS

Dimensions

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

Length

168.0 cm

Width

52.0 cm

Height

109.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Electromechanical & mechanical peripheral devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Remington Rand

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Ilion

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

PIECE OF EQUIPMENT USED BY COMPUTER SECTION OF LARGE CANADIAN COMPANY, CANADIAN PACIFIC.

Function

COMPUTER PERIPHERAL DEVICE WHICH SORTS PUNCHED 90 COLUMN COMPUTER CARDS AS REQUIRED. THIS MACHINE SORTS & COUNTS FOR ROWS 1,2,....9,0,11,12.

Technical

ELECTROMECHANICAL CARD SORTER WHICH SORT CARDS BY MEANS OF SET OF NEEDLES WHICH SENSE HOLES IN CARDS, FURTHER ACTUATING SYSTEM OF RELAYS & CAMS WHICH DEFLECT CARD INTO APPROPRIATE POCKET (REF. 2).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON FRONT READING "Remington/ Rand/ TABULATING MACHINES DIVISION/ ILION, N.Y./ C.S.A. APP. NO. 1612"/ RECTANGULAR PLATE REPRESENTING PUNCH CARD & READING "RE. U.S. PAT. OFF. AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES/ Remington/ Rand/ PATENTED U.S.A. AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES MADE IN U.S.A."/ INTERIOR PLATE READING "938064"/ WHITE NUMBERS ON DIALS/ GOLD PAINTED NUMBERS ON PLATE FOR DIALS/ METALLIC LETTERING OM CARD GUIDES/ PLATE ON MOTOR READS "GENERAL ELECTRIC/ A.C. MOTOR/ MOD. 5KC47AB433D HP 1/4 PH 1/ RPM 1725 V 3.8/ CY 60 TEMP. RISE 55 [DEGREES] C. TIME RATING CONT/ CODE L SF 1.0 FR 56 GEJ A34 VJF"

Missing

UNKNOWN/ SEVERAL PIECES OF GLASS COVER BROKEN OFF, STORED IN BOX

Finish

TEXTURED GREY PAINTED CASING, FRAME & PARTS/ TEXTURED BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ GLOSSY BLACK PAINTED TRAY & PARTS/ PLATED & METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK POWER CORD

Decoration

LOGO PLATE CONSISTING OF WORDS "REMINGTON/ RAND" WITH DEPICTION OF GLOBE