Morse Decoding
Morsetyper Model IV
© Brooke Clarke 2011
Background
Operation
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Fig 1
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Fig 2
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Fig 3
Normal Operating Position
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Fig 4
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Fig 5
Electrical Connections
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Fig 6
Battery Compartment
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Background
Found this on eBay. It appears
to be able to print a 9mm wide paper strip in conjunction with
Morse Code.
Most likley German (because of the Morse characters used and a
couple of screws have 3-0.5mm threads.
The connectors on the end of the wire look like very early Dual
Banana Plugs (3/4" c-c).
WHAT IS THIS?
Let Me Know
Tom French may have come up with the answer:
"It's an early prototype of the Dymo label printer."
Operation
White Lever
As the lever with the white knob
is cycled over it's full travel the type wheel is rotated more
and more.
After 7 cycles it can go no further.
This may be related to the numbers shown on the led (see
Fig 3 above)
Each cycle of the lever makes and then breaks a circuit.
But the speed of operation is way too slow for sending Morse, so
maybe it's a paper tape preparation device and there's another
machine that reads the paper tape. The tape has only human
readable characters.
It's possible to move the typewheel one position since you can
feel the ratched click.
Black Lever
When the lever with the black knob
is operated it moves the paper tape for a print operation and
lets the type wheel unwind.
While working the levers the paper tape access door needs to be
closed with the takeup reel pressed all the way inside.
When in this position the takeup reel is incremented with each
actuation of the black lever.
Battery Compartment (Fig 1)
There are two battery positions,
one for a 30mm flat lead spacing and the other for a 40mm flat
lead spacing. Since a AA battery is about 14mm diameter
those batteries are probably 4.5 Volts and 3 Volts
respectivily. This type of battery was common in "Pocket
Flashlights" a current one is the
MN1203 4.5 Volt battery.
Terminal
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1
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Signal
Lamp Switch
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2
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Isolated
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4.5V
Battery
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3
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Isolated
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4.5V
Battery |
4
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Signal
Lamp threads
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5
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Select
Lever
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6
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Select
Lever
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7
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Panel
Lamp center
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3V
Battery is for Panel Lamp
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8
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Panel
Lamp threads
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"
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9
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Signal
Lamp center
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screw
& nut between T1 & T4
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Patent Search
Class 178 & Class 101
163190
Electro-Mechanical Printing-Instrument, Hansen & Jurgensen, May
11 1875, 400/364; 101/93.18; 178/31; 178/36; 400/91; 400/615.2
Class 380 & Cl;ass 101
717732
Type Writing Machine, G.G. Blickensderfer, Jan 15 1901,
723566
Cryptograph, L.H. Weston, Mar 24 1903, 380/55; 101/395; 101/494;
380/56 - M-138 strip cipher?
Morse Typewriter
511234 -
sends Morse Code, 178/85
534025 -
sends Morse Code,
744041
Telegraphic Code, C.G. Burke, Nov 17 1906, 380/56; 341/64; 380/57
Pocket Typewriter (400/88)
1201235 Protector for Checks, W.W. Arnold,
Oct 17 1916, 400/138.2; 400/88; 400/470; 400/636;
400/652; 400/654 - pliers like device
1332861 Code
Record (Pocket Typewriter) March 2, 1920, 400/88
; 400/616.3
1381798
Typewriter, June 14, 1921, 400/145 ; 400/88 -
vest pocket size
1651455
Typewriter, Dec 6 1927, 400/88 ; 400/236.2;
400/635; 400/92
1861857
Cryptographic Machine E.H. Hebern , Jun 7 1932, 400/90 ;
400/217; 400/33; 400/364; 400/422; 400/615.2; 400/621; 400/621.1;
400/685; 400/691; 400/88
209684
Type-Writing Machine, J.A. Hitter Jr., Nov 5 1878, 400/142 -
464355 Tyfpe
Writing Machine, S. Fujiki, Dec 1 1891, 400/144.4; 33/1.00K; 400/88;
400/165.3 - Pocket Watch?
577049 Pocket
Type Writer, C.P. Mars, Feb 16 1897, 400/144.4; 400/24; 400/48;
400/88 -
647853 Pocket
Type Writer, Eugene McLean Long, Apr 17 1900, 400/88; 400/91 -
calls: 711755? 653104
1037564 Pocket
Type Writer, H. Viry, Sep 3 1912, 400/144.4; 400/88 -
Google Patent Search [Send Morse paper tape ink print]
583026 System
of Telegraphy, C.G. Burke, May 25 1897, 178/3; 178/16; 178/112 - for
submarine cables
85107 Automatic
Telegraphy, A.C. Crehore & G.O. Squier, Apr 23 1907, 178/16;
178/25; 178/67.1; 178/112; 178/115 - for use with Wheatstone
receiver
calls:
698260 Art of
Transmitting Intelligence, A.C. Crehore & G.O. Squier, Apr 22
1902, 178/15; 178/83; 178/119 - spinning wheel with Morse letter
groups around edge.
792052 Electric
Telegraphy, Isidor Kitsee, Jun 13, 1905, 178/91 - paper tape
submrine receiver
Calls
777259
Submarine Telegraphy, Isidor Kitsee, Dec 13, 1904, 178/63.00B;
178/67.1; 341/58 -
Google patents for
"Print Morse Code" oldest first
313792
Automatic Telegraphy, Mar 10, 1885 - 2 row paper tape sending,
521170 Printing
Telegraph, O.L. Kleber, Jun 12, 1894, 78/26.1; 341/1; 341/66 -
single type wheel, sounder drives print hammer, special character
order.
545637
Teletyper, C. Spiro, Sep 3, 1895, 178/81; 178/85; 400/339; 400/668 -
a typewriter that also sends (not receives) telegraphic code.
652595
Telegraphic Transmitting Apparatus, F.G. Creed, Jun 26, 1900, 234/105;
234/127
- 2 row paper tape
653104
Pocket-Recorder, E.M. Long, Jul 3, 1900, 400/88; 400/91; 400/236.1;
400/654 - used with one hand while in pocker to record dots &
dashes ink on paper.
sounds like GRA-71 recording scheme.
712939 Printing
Telegraph, O.L. Kleber, Nov 4, 1902, 178/26.1; 178/29 - 2 type
wheels long platten
766474
Receiving Telegraph Instrument, C.R. Underhill, Aug 2, 1904,
178/26.1 - Morse to type by logic?
737203
Automatic Printing Telegraph, C.L. Buckingham, Aug 25, 1903, 178/4;
178/3; 178/16; 178/40; 341/66 - 2 row paper tape
929984
Machine-Telegraph, G.C. Read, Aug 3, 1909, 178/26.1; 341/66 - Morse
to driving typewriter keys
1088161 Dot
and Dash Code Recorder, T. Melville, Feb 24, 1914, 400/70; 400/220;
400/615.2 (remote typewriter)- huge mechanical marvel
1102442
Apparatus for Selective Wireless Telegraphing, F.G. Sargent, Jul 7,
1914, 380/26 (Crypto) - Dial telegraphy?
1320908
Ciphering and Deciphering Mechanism, R.D. Parker (AT&T), Nov 4,
1919, 380/27 -
Calls:
1310719
secret Signaling System, G.S. Vernam (AT&T), Jul 22, 1919,
380/33; 380/26; 380/259
1707041
Electric Telegraph Receiver, T.J. Berryman, Mar 26, 1929, 178/35 -
starting with E then branching
1828556 Method
of Rapid Transmission of Signals and Messages, M. Cremer (GE), Oct
20, 1931, 370/304; 74/417; 178/17.00D; 235/458; 235/489; 246/29.00R
2534387 Morse
Code Printing System Dec 19, 1950 - tubes
Looking for The National
Telegraph Transmitter, Pat. June 10, 1913, Mfg by National
Electric Controller, Chicago, U.S.A.
145567
Telegraph Transmitters, D. Hermann, Dec 16, 1890, 178/84 - each key
controls a drum with the Morse code as notches in the
circumference.
418484
Perforating-machine, F. Anderson, Dec 31, 1889, 400/80; 178/92;
234/102; 400/615.2; 234/36; 234/127 - Hand crank on left
side. 4-level paper tape perforator
top row: Q P B W D M . A E T O R Z J
bottom Row: X K V G F U H S N I L C Y & .
511234
Morse Transmitter, A.F.M. Cornad, Dec 19, 1893, 178/85 - electrical contact output
545637
Teletyper, C. Spiro, Sept 3, 1895, 178/81; 400/339;
178/85; 400/668 - Types on local paper and sends Morse by
contact closure
1064373
Telegraph-transmitter, Elwood
C Phillips, Thomas
Rhodus, Phillips Telegraph Inst Co, 1913-06-10, 178/83 -
1283147
Type-writing-telegraph System, F. Ghio, Oct 29, 1918, 178/23R; 235/61PH;
400/70; 340/815.62; 178/18.05 - uses 2 line wires not the common
single wire.
1938899
Electrical control apparatus, Gilman Louis, 1933-12-12, 178/33R; 178/20.01;
341/151; 341/142 -
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