• Year
  • 1943 ?
  • Category
  • Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 129442
    • alternative name: Brush Electronics

 Technical Specifications

  • Main principle
  • Audio-Amplification
  • Wave bands
  • - without
  • Details
  • Wire Recorder (or -Player)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Navy Wire Recorder KS12016 - Brush Development Co. /
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
  • Notes
  • Durig the WW2 "The Brush Development Company" made this Navy Wire Recorder KS12016 which served as a basis for designs of other magnetic-recording equipment for various branches of the armed forces. This wire recorder is significant in that it was the first magnetic recorder where the recording medium was housed in a totally enclosed magazine. This magazine is attached to the portion of the instrument containing the drive motor and the amplifier section. The 750-r.p.m. motor is directly coupled to the take-up reel spindle during recording and reproduction. It has to be removed and rotated to engage the rewind spindle to the motor. A step-up gear in the magazine gives a rewind-forward ratio of 1.6 to 1. The magazine contains a ring-type recording head and solenoidal erasing head, together with a level-wind mechanism, elapsed-time indicator, and automatic stop. Electrical connections were made to the magazine by means of plug-type connectors. The recording medium is 0.006-inch 420-type stainless steel wire and its speed increased from a minimum of 5 ft. per sec. to a maximum of 7.5 ft. per sec. Mechanical brakes in the magazine tension the wire during operation and prevent unreeling while the magazine is removed.
  • Author
  • Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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