Vintage RARE 10in SCHAEFFER & BUDENBERG DOUBLE SIDED PAPER COUNT GAUGE 12-70000

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Vintage VERY LARGE RARE 10 1/2 Inch SCHAEFFER & BUDENBERG DOUBLE SIDED PAPER COUNT GAUGE 12,000 - 70000 PAPERS PER HOUR.
RED ARROW TAPE SHOWS 17,000 WAS THIS NEWSPAPERS HOURLY RATE OF PRINTING.
THE BEZELS ARE NICKEL PLATED BRASS WITH GLASS. THE BODY OF THE GAUGE IS STEEL, THE BASE IS STEEL WITH GEAR AT BOTTOM. BEHIND THE NICKEL PLATED BRASS BEZELS IS A BRASS PLATE FACING CONNECTING TO THE STEEL BASIC GAUGE HOUSING.
THE BLACK IS A COMBINATION OF PAINT, INK AND GREASE TO BE CLEANED UP OR OFF TO POLISH THE BRASS.
THE DIALS ARE MARKED:
AMERICAN Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. TACHOMETER
and at the bottom a serial number or gauge number
22246
and emblem of :
AMERICAN SCHAEFFER & BUDENBERG BROOKLYN, NEW YORK MADE IN U.S.A. --
AND UNDER THIS:
RATIO-TACH DIAL SHAFT = 6000 P.P.H.  1707.2 R.P.M
. AND THEN AT EDGE OF DIAL
22246.
WHICH MIGHT BE A GAUGE NUMBER OR SERIAL NUMBER. ONE DIAL HAS SOME  DISCOLORATION ON THE GLASS AND THE DIAL FROM RUST AT THE BOTTOM.
SEE CLOSEUP PHOTOGRAPH
- TO CLEAN OFF.
THE RED ARROW IS AN ADDED RED TAPE APPLIED TO THE INSIDE OF THE GLASS POINTING TO 17,000 PAPERS PER HOURS.
I ASSUME THIS NEWPAPERS GOAL TO PRINT PER HOUR WHEN RUNNING THE PRESS. THIS WAS FROM NEW YORK AREA BUT I DO NOT KNOW THE TOWN. THE BASE OF THE GAUGE STAND IS 5 INCH ACROSS AND HAS 6 SCREW HOLES FOR MOUNTING AND THE GEAR ON THE BOTTOM IS 1 1/2 INCH ACROSS. WHEN YOU PRESS THE GEAR UPWARDS THE GAUGE HAND JUMPS SOME.  THE OVERALL HEIGHT OF THE GAUGE WITH GEAR IS ABOUT 15 1/2 INCHES. THE NICKEL PLATED BEZELS ARE 10 1/2 INCH ACROSS. VERY RARE PRINTING PRESS GAUGE COUNT PAPERS PER HOUR. SOLD AS SHOWN SENT IN A LARGE BOX IN FOAM UNDERCARPET PADDING.
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