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Description
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| Stainsby-Berridge Braillewriter; nickel plated steel writer in a steel framed carriage, screwed to a wooden bed; pegs on the bottom of the bed adjust the writer's position up and down a folding wooden board with a hinged paper clamp at the top; (a) writer has six "dot" keys angled away from the user on both sides, keys are "reversed" (keys arranged for writing braille in reverse as on a slate); die-plate has series of six-dot braille cells; rack serrations are half-circle cutouts; space key on right, two carriage release levers in middle back ; coil springs on "dot" keys, bard spring on space key; margin bell on left, mounted on bracket from the toothed rack, bell hammer on spring-wound wire to left; "B465" and "PAT. No. 177292-21" stamped on space key arm.; wooden bed has rounded corners and wooden guides on sides secured by screws; (b) wooden tablet board is hinged in middle to allow lower section to bend closed when unit is in storage, tounge on center panels joined to groved side pieces, two columns of 18 holes; hinged hardwood paper clamp on top with brad teeth in both top and bottom, brass catch locks clamp closed; front of clamp chamfered. |
Stainsby-Berridge Braille Writer
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Copyright Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
Image Courtesy Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind. Note: use of some materials may be restricted, please call before publishing in any format.
| Stainsby Berridge Braillewrite |
Image Courtesy Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind. Note: use of some materials may be restricted, please call before publishing in any format.