General Information

Serial #

310

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

BASE AND FRAMES, PUNCHED SHEET ALUMINUM WITH SOME SMALL ALUMINUM CASTINGS/ DRIVE SHAFTS, CAMS AND OTHER MACHINE PARTS ARE PUNCHEDOR MACHINED STEEL/ SOME PLASTICS USED FOR GEARS AND KEYBOARD/ GLASS TUBES

Dimensions

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

Length

39.0 cm

Width

30.0 cm

Height

32.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telegraphy

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Teletype

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1949-1959

Canada

NIL

Function

TO PROVIDE A LIGHT WEIGHT, PORTABLE PRINTING TELEGRAPH SYSTEM. ALSO USE AS A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE FOR SPORTS EVENTS. TOTAL SYSTEM WOULD AUTOMATI- CALLY SWITCH TO SEND WHEN ANY KEY WAS DEPRESSED & BACK TO RECEIVE WHEN NO KEY ACTIVITY WAS DETECTED AFTER A SHORT PERIOD (200 TO 500 BSEC)

Technical

ONE OF SEVERAL PORTABLE LIGHT WEIGHT PRINTING TELEGRAPH MACHINES DEVELOPED FOR THE U.S. ARMY TO REPLACE EXISTING CUMBERSOME HEAVY MACHINES USED PRIOR TO 1950.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

METAL TAGS ON BASE: 'KK200AA/MF'/ '310'/ MFG'S PLATE: 'BARRYMOUNT/ TYPE 995-86/ THE BARRY CORPORATION/ CAMBRIDGE, MASS.'/ IDENTICAL DECAL ON TWO OF THE FEET: 'BARRY [LOGO] MOUNT/ THE BARRY CORPORATION'/ PLATE ON MOTOR READS IN PART: 'ELECTRO ENGINEERING PRODUCTS CO/ CHICAGO IL/ DYNAMOTOR/ E.S. 5101/ NO 12/ D.C. INPUT VOLTS 26.5 AMPS 3.3/ D.C. OUTPUT VOLTS 250 AMPS.100/ [?]7500 [?]CONT.'/ DECAL: 'TELEVISO CORP.'/ KEYBOARD: '1Q 2W 3E 4R 5T 6Y 7U 8I 9O 0P/ -A 'S $D !F &G #H,J (K )L CAR RET/ FIGS "Z /X [?]C;V ?B 'N.M LTRS LINE FEED/ REC. SEND'

Missing

REC-ENDLINE-BUSY-SEND LAMP INDICATOR ASSEMBLY (WIRES TO OPERATE LAMPS CLIPPED OFF)/ INTERCONNECT TERMINAL ASSEMBLY/ PAPER HOLDER/ SCREW COVER DOOR "LATCH OPEN" BRACKET/ COPY HOLDER SHELF BENT/ DC TELEGRAPH SIGNAL TO VF CARRIER ASSEMBLY MISSING/ A PLUG-IN MODULE WAS PART OF THE TOTAL COMMUNICATIONS PACKAGE. THIS DEVICE CONVERTED THE DIRECT CURRENT TELEGRAPH SIGNALS TO VOICE FREQUENCY SIGNALS THAT COULD BE TRANSMITTED VIA STANDARD VOICE SYSTEMS (RADIO OR TELEPHONE).

Finish

CASE AND KEYBOARD PANEL, CRINKLE BLACK ENAMEL/ MACHINE PARTS AND BASE NATURAL.

Decoration

N/A