Facsimile machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HIGH SPEED
- DATE
- 1977
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0431.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RAPIFAX CORP.
- MODEL
- RAPIFAX 100
- LOCATION
- Fairfield, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- R 100710020
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1: METAL; SYNTHETIC; PAPER ROLL/.2: METAL; SYNTHETIC/.3: SYNTHETIC/.4: CARDSTOCK; PAPER; SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 84.0 cm
- Width
- 64.5 cm
- Height
- 149.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RAPIFAX
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Fairfield
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1970'S - 1980'S
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA - Function
-
TO AUTOMATICALLY SEND & RECEIVE FACSIMILE PRINTED MESSAGES OVER DISTANCES VIA THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 MFR'S PLATE 'RAPIFAX 100/ 115 VOLTS 8.2 AMPS 1 PHASE 60 HZ SERIAL NUMBER R 100710020/ Rapifax Corporation, Fairfield, New Jersey, U.S.A. Made in Japan/ from Japanese and US components'/ ON FRONT: 'RAPIFAX 100'/ INSIDE LID ON TOP: 'To initiate Voice-Assisted Transmission [INSTRUCTIONS FOLLOW]/ 'To Transmit [6 RULES FOLLOW] 'To Receive' [3 RULES FOLLOW]/ FRONT PANEL BUTTONS: '5 1/2"/ 11"/ 14"/ Paper Length/ Standard Fine Detail High Speed/ Transmit Mode/ Multipage Filter/ Send Stop'/ INSTRUCTIONS ON 'To Transmit AND 'To Receive'/ INSIDE FRONT: 'Paper Cycle' 'Lamp Test' [ILLUSTRATION ON HOW TO LOAD PAPER]/ *
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1: CABINET - BLACKUNEVEN FINISH TRIMMED IN GREY; WHITE PRINTING; MULTI-COLOURED BUTTONS/.2: GREY CRINKLE COUPLER; YELLOWISH-TAN TELEPHONE/.3: WHITISH BOTTLE WITH BLACK LID, WHITE PRINTING, BLACK LIQUID/.4: WHITE PAPER & BAG; BEIGE CORE
- Decoration
- N/A
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RAPIFAX CORP., Facsimile machine, circa 1977, Artifact no. 1988.0431, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1988.0431.001/
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