letter scale and opener

advertising Canadian Club
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letter scale, unknown maker
letter scale
 

This combination of a letter opener, letter scale and ruler, does not have a maker's name. It does show an advert for Canadian Club. The scale strongly resembles the scale as shown in the figure of an American patent from 1968. This patent with number US 3,365,011 was granted on January 23 1968, to John Heil from Dayton Ohio USA. The congeniality with patent number US 2,612,365 from 1952 of Nielsen, from Denmark is already mentioned in the text of the patent. See the Linex scale for some additional information. This Canadian could be from a date more recent then 1968. Below some more pictures of this scale.
 

insert letter here
insert letter here
 
patent figure 1
figure 1 of US patent number 3,365,011
 
advert text
the advertising imprint
 
 
leaflet
leaflet with directions for use
 
 
weighing
letter clamped in
other slot
 
 

detail 1
capacity 2 ounces
 
detail 2
sliding part
 
detail 3
advertising imprint
 
detail 4
in equilibrium
 
detail 5
hold at the rotating beads
 
detail 6
letter clamped in slot
 
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« Sol collection: part 8 «© copyright André Solversion: July 19, 2007