Robert Kling
The Robert Kling GmbH was a German office equipment manufacturers. The company based in Wetzlar existed between 1918 and 1975.
history
The company was founded in Wetzlar in 1918. In 1940 the change to a GmbH took place. In 1949 the manufacture of mechanical calculating machines began, initially hand-operated, later also electrically operated. The products were sold under the brand name "Rokli". From 1953 adding machines were also produced. The manufacture of own calculating machines was stopped in 1958, instead products from the Schubert company in Rastatt were marketed. The company was taken over by FAG Kugelfischer in 1974 , but all activities were discontinued in 1975.
Products
- Calculating machines
- Rokli 6, R, RZ
- Rokli 7 R, RS
- Rokli 22 R
- Rokli 26
- Rokli 27 R
- Rokli 184
- Rokli 6 RS (by Schubert)
- Rokli 7 RS (by Schubert)
- "Commodore" balancing machines for France
- Adding machines
- Rokli A 17 and E
- Rokli A 18
- Rokli A 18 E, AS 18
- Rokli S 18
- Rokli S 18 E.
- Rokli S 21 E.
- Rokli Duplex 221
- Rokli 184 with a 24 cm carriage
- Rokli 214 with a 24 cm carriage
- Rokli 224 Duplex with 24 cm trolley and storage unit
- Ring 2111
- Ring 2117
- Cash registers
- Rokli CS 18
- Rokli C 219 E.
- Rokli C 221 E.
literature
- Martin Reese: New looks at old machines. On the history of mechanical calculating machines . Publication series "Technical Research Results", Volume 8. Verlag Dr. Kovac, Hamburg 2002 (A4, 211 pages). ISBN 3-8300-0533-4