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. | rusted and the paint is partly gone |
start of the chart of Macito |
chart 0 - 500 grams characteristic ornamental stripes at the front plate |
weighing range 500 grams |
top plate |
the pressed in name MACITO |
both MACITO models |
information from the German journal Mass und Gewicht: the legally protected trademarks of the firms Maul | by Lindner J., No. 9, March 1989, pp. 178-183 |
the test of time |
MACITO was a legally protected name |
rear of the scale |
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