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David Battle
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 Posted - 29/06/2010 : 19:18:06
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I am looking to source some rubber tube to repair the self closing mechanism.
If you have worked on one you will know exactly what is required.
There is a small peice of the original attached to the very neat pulley mechanism.
It looks like a black rubber tube, 2mm in diameter. It has to expand to approx twice its original size.
Ive not been able to find anything suitable as yet and would welcome suggestions or directions.
Thanks
David Battle
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mbarrington
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/07/2010 : 11:34:28
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Your query was forwarded to Professor Clive Edwards of Loughborough University who replied as follows :
Dear Mike
An interesting one, but I have no immediate knowledge of the detail. It seems there was a patent which if so, might give details of the original material, but I don't have these records to hand.
There seem to be a number of the these objects in the trade all with differing numbers. The best bet might be to look at the original patent (via Science Museum or similar library)
The Betjemann Co seem to have produced a number of patent type items in the second half of the century- another research avenue for me!!!
Sorry not to be able to help directly.
Regards
Clive
Professor Clive Edwards
School of the Arts
Loughborough University
Loughborough
LE11 3TU
You might have some success contacting Paul Tear at Oxford & Bucks Uni (a BAFRA Member listed in the Directory) or Sir John Cass Dept of London Met in Commercial Road, London. - Mike
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David Battle
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Posted - 24/08/2010 : 20:45:45
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Thanks for trying Mike.
Ive found something that looks right and works well.
There is a long passage in Summoned By Bells which describes the company and its workshop. Or should that be factory. Evidently in 1870 there were over one hundred employees.
The cabinet-makers' shop, all belts and wheels
And whining saws, would thrill me with the scream
Of tortured wood, starting a blackened plank
Under the crule plane and coming out
Sweet scented, pink and smooth and richly grained;
While in a far off-shed, caressingly,
French-polishers, all whistling different tunes,
With reeking swabs would rub the coloured woods,
Bringing the figured surfaces to light;
Dark whirling walnut, deep and deeper brown....
He also mentions a number of the companys patents
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Betjemen & Co Self Closing Book Slide
