This keyboard perforator creates Wheatstone code 15/32" punched paper tape with hole patterns for the dots and dashes of Morse Code. i.e. press A and you get dot pattern plus dash pattern. Some photos and links are here -
I had heard it referred to as a Kleinschmidt Perforator before, and I have had several units
with Teletype logos. I just saw that John W1AN has one with a Boehme logo.
So what's the story???
Edward E. Kleinschmidt's book says he developed the first Wheatstone keyboard perforator in 1911 and Creed became a sales agent in England in 1914.
Kleinschmidt and Morkrum merged in 1925 and the name changed to Teletype in 1928
Did Boehme take over sales after WW2 ??
Some documents I have -
The 1926 Teletype Wiring Diagram 800 says Teletype model WPE
The 1937 Teletype description/adjustments manual 125B pictures a unit with Teletype logo
The 1937 Teletype parts manual 1025B just says "Teletype Wheatstone Perforator"
The 1945 Teletype parts manual 1025B covers Teletype models WPE3/1SS, WPE3/1JJJ, and WPE16/1SS
The AN/FGQ-3 military model is a Teletype model WPE18/1SS.
The later MX-491A/U military model is a Boehme model WPE18/1SS
A Creed unit in the V&A Museum says
"KLEINSCHMIDT PERFORATOR
PATENTED - PAT'S PD'G
CREED & CO. LTD.
LONDON
SOLE AGENTS
SERIAL NO. 1244 VOLTS 110-120"
As far as I can tell these were all the same basic unit as the original Kleinschmidt
Oddball versions - I once owned a Teletype unit where all the keylevers had been removed except for the numbers. It came out of the DC area. What was that for?
The WPE16/1SS was used in the TT-94/FG Automatic Baudot to Morse converter - a Baudot tape reader (TD) drove a Selector which pulled down the correct key from underneath the Keyboard Perforator which in turn punched the Wheatstone tape.
Some photos and links are here -
Any additions, corrections, comments are appreciated
