[GreenKeys] Teletype Industrial Design

[Jim Haynes]

On Fri, 28 Aug 2015, Richard Knoppow wrote:

>    While early machines were obvious form follows function the M15 and 
> certainly the M28 and later appear to have been designed with some attention 
> to appearance, especially the M28 and later.  I wonder if anyone knows who 
> did the design.  AT&T used Henry Dreyfuss for a number of projects, perhaps 
> it was him.
>
Yes, Teletype used the Dreyfuss firm.  And if you look at the Model 33
or Model 35 in profile you'll see the resemblance to the 500 type 
telephone set.

Looking at the design patents in the Teletype portfolio

D83,408 (1931)  Mahoney & Zitzman of Bell Labs
D86,286 (1932)  Bescherer & Zitzman of Bell Labs
D90,278 (1933)	Bescherer of Bell Labs
D112,119 (1938) Lum (Bell Labs) & Mell (Teletype)
D134,314 (1942) Zenner of Teletype
D134,738 (1943) Zenner & Larsson of Teletype
D140,135 (1945) Zenner of Teletype
D159,799 (1950) Gettelman (who lived in Wisconsin, but assigned to
    Teletype)
D150,800 (1950) Gettleman (asg to Teletype)
D160,497 (1950) Hose (resident of New York City) and Larsson of Teletype
D160,498 (1950) Hose & Larsson
D182,758 (1958) Berg of Teletype
D187,119 (1960) Berg & Petros of Teletype
D193,879 (1962) Zenner of Teletype
D194,641 (1963) Genaro (of the Dreyfuss firm) Sokolowski & Zenner of
     Teletype
D194,871 (1963) Auwaerter (Teletype) Genaro & Dreyfuss
D194,872 (1963) Auwaerter, Genaro & Dreyfuss
D206,268 (1966) Zenner of Teletype
D208,120 (1967) Dreyfuss & Genaro
D210,727 (1968) Beusse of Teletype
D215,546 (1969) Genaro
D215,547 (1969) Genaro
D222,267 (1971) Ramig of Teletype
D227,899 (1973) Genaro, Hagstrom (of Teletype) & Sylvester (of Jamaica,
     New York, so perhaps with the Dreyfuss firm)
D231,125 (1974) Hagstrom & Shevick of Teletype
D237,109 (1975) Genaro & Tilley (of Red Bank, NJ, so perhaps with
     Dreyfuss)
D237,906 (1975) Hagstrom & Keipert of Teletype
D247,643 (1978) Genaro, Hagstrom, Shevick, & Aremka (of Teletype)
D253,211 (1979) Genaro & Hagstrom
D256,120 (1980) Arko, Bellino & Hein of Teletype
D258,131 (1981) Genaro & Sylvester
D258,736 (1981) Genaro & Sylvester
D269,528 (1983) Sokolowski
D272,354 (1984) Genaro & Tilley
D272,624 (1984) Genaro & Tilley
D273,110 (1984) Genaro & Tilley
D278,239 (1985) Genaro, Felix (of Flushing, NY) & Gotfryd (of Wauconda,
     IL)
D279,375 (1985) Genaro & Tilley
D279,902 (1985) Genaro & Tilley of Dreyfuss; McQueen, Murglin, Oneby
     & Ramig of Teletype
D280,196 (1985) Genaro & Tilley of Dreyfuss; Purzycki, Seidlits &
     Sokolowski of Teletype
D280,197 (1985) (same as above)
D285,576 (1986) LaSpesa of Teletype
D289,762 (1987) Alterio, McQueen & Mika of Teletype; Genaro, Harden &
     Johnson of Dreyfuss
D298,637 (1988) Sokolowski
D302,682 (1989) Bloom, Camporese & Kastilahn of Teletype, Welch of
     Dallas, PA
D307,748 (1992) Cardona, Geis, Huntoon, Lewinski, Seidlitz & Sokolowski
     of Teletype, Johnson of New York, NY
D332,465 (1993) Sokolowski