- Accession Number:
- 2013.27
- Description:
- Crackled-green enameled aluminum chassis, flat and rectangular with a perpendicular slotted type-die bar mounted on back of main body which runs almost the full length of the chassis and has an angle on the left side above the die-box; bright steel and black sheet aluminum carriage slides in nickeled steel tracks; keyboard mounted on the far left front, main body is slightly scooped beneath keyboard; standard seven key braille keyboard with the space bar in the middle, rectangular black plastic key pads; back space key arranged perpendicular and to immediate right of main keyboard; three rotating disks to left of diebox will lock carriage when engaged; black plastic paper roller knob on left; nickeled steel margin-set slide on back right of chassis; hinged compartment on bottom conceals AA battery compartment which powers the carriage-return bell; four black rubber feet; black fiber-board bottom liner; tag on black enameled aluminum sheet on right top of body, "APOLLO BRAILLER MARK II/834692" plus three lines of Japanese script.
- Height:
- 4.125
- Width:
- 15.375
- Depth:
- 6.25
- Weight:
- 4592.7
- Date Made:
- ca. 1990
- Maker:
- Nimoka (Nippon Moujin Youga Kaihatsu)
- Place of Origin:
- Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Subjects:
- Assistive technology Braillewriters Braille
- Dimension Notes:
- overall
- Made:
- Nimoka
- Material:
- Aluminum, steel, plastic, fiber-board, nickel
- Updated:
- 05/18/2021
