BRIEF TAXEUR
PATENT
pocket letter scale

maker: unknown bruine lijn

pocket letter scale

This pocket letter scale has a cylindrical housing of nickel-plated brass. The cap clamps mildly on the actual scales part and hides the letter clip. This letter clip is attached to a round wooden rod. A steel tension spring pulls the wooden rod inwards. When weighing and loaded it ensures an equilibrium. The scale on the black wooden rod goes up to 50 grams and has a stripe of measure for each gram. On the opposite side is printed "BRIEF TAXEUR PATENT". I still have not found this patent. I don't know if this pocket scale is Belgian, German or anything else. It's a compact little letter scale: the maximum diameter is 9 millimeters. The maximum length, the cap included, is 86 millimeters, without the cap it's only 84 millimeters. The weight of this letter scale is 8,1 grams.

weighing a letter

By searching the web I found another copy offered at an already ended eBay auction. It had the same name: Brief Taxeur Patent. It was complete with a little red box with printed in golden letters the text: D.R.G.M. BRIEF-TAXEUR PATENT. Also it was offered complete with a loose user manual written in German, French, Czech and English. On a photo of this leaflet I could read "Brevet belge" and "D.R.G.M. Patent" and "Brevete s.g.d.g.". The letter clip of this specimen slightly differs from the one shown here, and the total length is significantly larger: ± 110 millimeters.
Below are some pictures of my short Brief-Taxeur pocket letter scale.

next to an AA batterij	the cap removed	The letter scale ready for use
up to 50 grams	BRIEF TAXEUR PATENT	the letter clip
weighing position is vertical	weighing a letter	weighs ± 35 grams

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version: January 20, 2015

BRIEF TAXEURPATENTpocket letter scale

BRIEF TAXEUR
PATENT
pocket letter scale