- Fleetwing
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Re: Looking for info on Royal Academy
Good idea. Any idea of diameter or thickness? I haven't taken the cover off yet so don't know what I'm dealing with. Thanks.
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I don't recall, but I think it was a case of cutting a belt down to size. I will try to remember to ask them today. A feed roller on one of my LC Smiths is swelled and I am taking it in. I am not sure why this is happening, it isn't near a source of heat.
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Re: Looking for info on Royal Academy
Thanks.
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Re: Diameter and thickness. I would say measure the old V-belt to get an idea of what you will need in substitute o-rings.
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The guy at the typewriter shop said he started with another belt and trimmed it down to size to fit the Academy.
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Always good to have spare parts, I always say.
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I have a Royal Academy electric typewriter and the serial number is 4Z207720 and would like to know the year of manufacture. I would also be interested in obtaining the belt measurements or a location where I could purchase a backup one. My Royal Academy came with an instruction manual but there were no specs for the belt or what size ribbon to buy. I guess you would need a service manual for that information. If anyone is interested in a copy of the instruction manual, I would gladly help them out, no charge, just let me know. One thing I noticed about Royal Academy Typewriters and some other Royal electric models, they all seem to come from Royal Business Machines Inc. in Windsor Connecticut.
- Fleetwing
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Interesting -- as you might expect, Royal Business Machines, Inc. is long gone from Windsor (next town from me). But I don't know anything more about it than that. Royal, in its current incarnation, is I believe based in New Jersey.
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I found out that Royal Business Machines Inc. was bought out by Konica in 1986.
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gaia4us wrote:
I found out that Royal Business Machines Inc. was bought out by Konica in 1986.
Where did you read that?
According to Royal, it was purchased along with Triumph-Adler in April 1986 by Olivetti from its previous owner, Volkswagen AG. Royal remained a part of the Olivetti family for two decades until September 2004 when it became a private American company again.Royal Typewriter is now known as Royal Consumer Information Products Inc. and its product line now includes cash registers, shredders, PDAs/electronic organizers, postal scales, weather stations, and a wide range of imaging supplies for printers, faxes, and copiers.
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