Accession No

3686

Brief Description

paper tape controller, by Creed and Company Ltd., English, 2/2 20th Century

Origin

England

Maker

Creed and Company Ltd.

Class

miscellaneous

Earliest Date

1950

Latest Date

1980

Inscription Date

Material

metal (at least three white metals); plastic (synthetic rubber)

Dimensions

length 240mm; breadth 170mm; height 100mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1988.

Inscription

‘Creed’ (one side)
‘CREED
7 CO LTD MADE IN ENGLAND’ (metal plate on top)

Description Notes

Grey-painted metal box on four rubber feet. All mechanism hidden inside box. White metal plate on top of box carries feed for paper tape consisting of bar which closes over a series of toothed wheels which protude from the interior of the box. Metal lever on one side of the box passing into the interior. Cable insulated with black synthetic rubber with plug, probably from attachment to transformer.

Condition fair; complete.

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