[GreenKeys] Teletype Industrial Design

[Don Robert House K9TTY]

Henry Dreyfuss is quoted as saying "If necessity is the mother of invention, then simplicity is the father of design."

DRH


On 28 Aug 2015, at 4:19 PM, Jim Haynes wrote:

> 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
> 
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