[GreenKeys] [External] Re: MITE AN/TCG-14A Video

[Duncan Brown]

MITE printing reperf

See patent
https://www.navy-radio.com/tty/asr/TGC29-Mite%20ASR%20patent.pdf


On 08-May-22 12:39, Duncan Brown wrote:
> What is the diamater of you cylinder? Similar to the MITE, or larger? 
> I think this was discussed here, before, but don't remember the answer.
>
> Maybe it is for the MITE   AN/TGC-29 reperf.
>
> Duncan
> K2OEQ
>
> On 08-May-22 12:29, John, W9DDD wrote:
>> Is there a reperf that works in a similar fashion?  I have a cylinder 
>> with the characters rotated 90 degrees from what your diagram shows.
>>
>>
>> On 5/8/2022 10:15 AM, Duncan Brown wrote:
>>> Here is a diagram of the MITE printing mechanism.
>>>
>>> Have fun,
>>>
>>> Duncan
>>> K2OEQ
>>>
>>> On 08-May-22 10:57, Duncan Brown wrote:
>>>> On the MITE, the hammer is in front. It pushes the ribbon against 
>>>> the paper and then against the 8-sided type cylinder in the rear. 
>>>> Other than a "type cylinder" instead of a "type box" and no platen, 
>>>> the printing mechanism is very similar to the Teletype Corp. M28.
>>>>
>>>>  It is a very compact machine. When it works, it is great, but when 
>>>> it doesn't, it can be very hard to work on!
>>>>
>>>> Have fun,
>>>>
>>>> Duncan,
>>>> K2OEQ
>>>>
>>>> On 07-May-22 22:54, Jones, Douglas W wrote:
>>>>> From:  Joe Duszyński [joeduszynski1 at gmail.com] -- Saturday, May 7, 
>>>>> 2022 9:06 PM
>>>>>
>>>>>> So I'm curious is it like a Daisy wheel or a DMP or some sort of 
>>>>>> belted letters?
>>>>> The MITE, like the Model 33, has a type cylinder that rotates and 
>>>>> slides in order to pick the letter it prints. Unlike the 33, the 
>>>>> cylinder in the MITE is on a horizontal axis parallel to the line 
>>>>> it is printing, and if I recall correctly, the hammer hits the 
>>>>> paper from behind instead of typing against a rubber platten the 
>>>>> way classic typewriters do.  The type cylinder has just 8 
>>>>> characters around it, and it is keyed to the shaft it rides on to 
>>>>> select which letter faces the paper. So that shaft rotates while 
>>>>> the cylinder slides from side to side to select the letter in a 
>>>>> row of 8 (for a 64 character alphabet).  The hammer is narrow and 
>>>>> hits the paper from behind against the ribbon and cylinder to 
>>>>> print the desired letter.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's very clever, and like Teletypes, it's mostly mechanical 
>>>>> decoding.  Not at all like a daisy wheel printer or the belted 
>>>>> printers (GE Terminet, for example), technologies that only really 
>>>>> became possible when you could pack a small computer worth of 
>>>>> electronics into the printer.
>>>>>
>>>>>              Doug Jones
>>>>>              jones at cs.uiowa.edu
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