MACITO
letter scale

maker: Jakob Maul, Germany
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MACITO letter scale, maker Jakob Maul
the angular MACITO
 

This postal scale has the name Macito, this name is pressed into the lower end of the frontal plate. This trade name Macito was protected by Jakob Maul in 1932. This protection ended in 1973. The weighing range is 500 grams. For the first 100 grams each gram has an individual stripe on the chart. Above 100 grams a division into five grams is given. The first pictures show the de-rusted, refurbished and re-painted letter scale. Two distinct Macito models exist: the here presented angular model and the round model. At the lower end of the page are some pictures of the originally purchased dirty and rusty letter scale.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

rust and paintless
rusted and the paint is partly gone
 
start of chart of Macito
start of the chart of Macito
 
 
chart of the scale
chart 0 - 500 grams
characteristic
ornamental stripes at the front plate
range 500 grams
weighing range 500 grams
 
 

detail 1
top plate
 
detail 2
the pressed in name MACITO
 
detail 3
both MACITO models
 
detail 4
information from the German journal Mass und Gewicht: the legally protected trademarks of the firms Maul
detail 4
by Lindner J., No. 9, March 1989, pp. 178-183
detail 7
the test of time
 
detail 8
MACITO was a legally protected name
 
detail 9
rear of the scale
 
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« collection part 13 «© copyright André Solversion: October 30, 2010