Adix 2b

Einzelreihen-Schaltklinkenmaschine mit Zehnerbügel

1906

Adix 2b

Single-row ratchet machine with ten-bar (ca. 1906)

This key-driven small adding machine was manufactured by Pallweber & Bordt, Mannheim, starting in 1903, later in a Bakelite housing. This is a very well-preserved example of an improved first version of this small adding machine, used for adding single digit summands. The improvement concerns the two gears, which are now of equal size, allowing a symmetrical design of the mechanism. The base plate is made of steel (instead of aluminum) and is perforated. Additionally, it has the (patented) ten-bar. An erasing device is not yet available.

The model designations were only introduced in 2009 by Georg Smolorz.
Inventory number:
FDM7681

Manufacturer:
Adix Company Pallweber & Bordt

Year of manufacture:
1906

Main category:
Ein- bis Dreispeziesmaschine

Subcategories:
Additionsmaschine, Schaltklinke

Capacity:
1 (EW) x 0 (UZW) x 3 (RW)

Dimensions (H x B x T):
3 x 16 x 10 cm

Weight:
300 grams

Production period:
1903 - 1919

Serial number:
4751


Patents:
  • DE 173286 [1904] (Joseph Pallweber: Addiermaschine, bei der die Zahlrenscheibe mittels eines Schiebers)

Further exemplars in the collection (2):
This object is currently in storage.