Famos (typewriter)

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Typewriter Famos

The Famos typewriter is a simple one-key machine with an overlay and roller coloring that was manufactured by the Gustav Tietze stamp goods factory in Leipzig from 1910 . An identical model was sold on the French market under the name Victoria .

construction

A vertically standing type wheel is supported by two columns mm project from a base plate of 119 × 149th The type wheel is designed as a disc with a diameter of 125 mm and a thickness of 6 mm, on the edge of which rubber fonts are attached. The corresponding symbols are printed on the front of the type wheel, and there is a hand button on the back for operation. Below the type wheel, between the two columns, there is a paper roller (length 10.5 cm, diameter 4.5 cm) on a simple slide. On the right below the type wheel there is a button for lowering the type wheel. A spring on the back lifts the type wheel back into its starting position. On the left below the type wheel there is a small paint roller for coloring the fonts.

functionality

After the paper was clamped on the paper roll, the type wheel can be rotated with the hand knob, the desired typeface in print position that is. By pressing the button, the type wheel is lowered onto the roller and the character is printed. At the same time, a small pen turns the roll of paper one character width to the left. The next line is reached by moving the carriage to the next locking position.

gallery

  • Front view

  • Side view

  • back

literature

  • Martin: The typewriter and its development history . 5th edition. Johannes Meyer, 1934.

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