strange model letter scale | The maker of this letter scale is unknown to me. Very likely this letter scale was made in Germany. On the scale is the German spelling GRAMM, and on the letter plate it says D.R.G.M., which is the abbreviation for Deutsches Reich Gebrauchs Muster. This is a design protection more readily available and cheaper than a patent. The scale has a stripe for each gram from zero to one hundred grams. From one hundred to two hundred and fifty there is a stripe per five grams. This is a strange model letter scale. The aluminum letter tray is remarkably long and narrow. Earlier I saw a photo of this scale model equipped with a suspension eye hanging from a loose stand. The weighing plate of it has a series of upright bars, see the photo on this page. According to the accompanying text it would be a wig scale. I have also seen the shape and material of the counterweight of this letter scale applied to another letter scale. I have also come across the three-legged scale foot on another letter scale, see the photos below. | back of the letter scale |
stripes per gram up to 100 grams |
on the left is the German unit GRAMM |
weighs up to 250 grams with from 100 g a stripe of measure per 5 grams |
reflective aluminum letter tray |
the parts have been repaired with soft solder |
the brass adjusting screw |
narrow, elongated aluminum letter tray |
letter tray with indication D.R.G.M. |
the letter tray is attached to the brass suspension bracket |
the measurements scale is marked with 2 on the back |
the strip with the counterweight is also marked with 2 |
the letter scale is closely related to this hanging wig scale |
loaded with 50 grams |
the letter scale is 30.5 centimeters high |
the characteristic counterweight |
these letter scales have the same counterweight, the size differs |
these letter scales have an exactly equal three-legged base part |
the construction of the upright and the adjusting screw do differ |
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