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Close-up view on the 10 vertical number rods; the left-most holds the different symbols (like -,# etc.); the blank right-most rod seems not to have functioned very often. The machine is based on the rack and pinion ("Zahnstange", "crémaillère") mechanism: when for instance 5 is keyed in as the first digit, the second rod raises up so that the embossed 5 is in front of the ink ribbon, and a horizontal movement pushes the rod against the ribbon. and the paper. | |
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