English: Telegraph Tape Perforator - Kleinschmidt, from around 1940s
found in Museums Victoria Collections
Device used to punch holes in paper tape as part of an electric telegraph system. Characters typed on the keyboard were converted according to a defined code into a pattern of perforations in the paper tape. The punched tape was fed through a transmitter which converted the pattern of holes into pulses of electrical current for transmission over the telegraph line to the receiving station.
Physical Description
Metal frame, painted black, supporting tape perforating mechanism at rear of object. Alphabetic and numeric keyboard at front of object. Connecting cable attached to rear of frame.
Plate on top of frame embossed: "KLEINSCHMIDT PERFORATOR PATENTED - PAT'S PD'G CREED & CO. LTD. LONDON SOLE AGENTS SERIAL NO. 1244 VOLTS 110-120" Printed in white on top of frame: "P.M.G" over arrow.
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