BELL SYSTEM PRACTICES
AT&TCo Standard
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GENERAL
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BASIC UNITS ...............
Basic Gear Adjustments
Intermediate gear - transmitter
distributor gear backlash ........
Clutch Mechanism
Armature bail spring . . . . . . . . . . .
Clutch latchlever spring . . . . . . . . .
Clutch magnet assembly
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Clutch shoe lever .
Clutch shoe lever spring . . . . . . . . .
Clutch shoe spring . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Clutch trip lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Clutch trip lever spring . . . . . . . . .
Main bail latch spring . . . . . . . . . . .
Feed Wheel Mechanism
Feed pawl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Feed pawl spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Feed ratchet detent spring .
Feed wheel detent. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Main bail spring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Main bail trip lever . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sensing pin spring
Main Bail Mechanism
Main bail
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Signal Contacts
Drive link spring
Signal contact clearance .
Signal contacts - electrical . . . . . .
Signal contact spring. . . . . . . . . . . .
Start-Stop Switch Assembly and
Tight-Tape Mechanism
Start-stop switch bracket. . . . . . . . .
Start-stop switch bracket (for units
equipped with tape lid sensing lever) .
Tight-tape intermediate arm . . . . . .
Tight-tape intermediate arm
spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tight-tape start-stop contact
spring
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Prepared for American Telephone and Telegraph Company by Teletype Corporation
28E AND 28H TRANSMITTER DISTRIBUTOR UNIT
ADJUSTMENTS
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© 1962 and 1963 by Teletype Corporation
All rights reserved
Printed in U. S. A.
Tape Lid
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Start-stop detent bail spring ...... .
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Tape guide ................. .
Tape guideplate
Tape lid ...................
Tape lid release plunger spring .. .
Tape lid spring ..............
Tape-Out Switch Assembly
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Depressor bail torsion spring.
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Intermediate tape-out bail spring
Tape-out contact assembly. .
Tape-out contact bracket . . . . . . . . .
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Tape-out sensing pin.
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Tape - out sensing pin (for units
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equipped with tape lid sensing lever) . .
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Tape - out sensing pin spring
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Top and Cover Plates
Cover plate
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Cover plate detent spring. . . . . . . . .
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Top plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Transfer Mechanism
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Locking bail spring
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Stabilizer spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Transfer bail stabilizer
Transfer lever spring.
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VARIABLE F EATURES. . . . . . . . . .
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Auxiliary Contacts
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Auxiliary contact operating
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bail spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Contact sensing arm . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Contact swinger - operating
bail clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Normally closed contacts. . . . . . . . .
Normally open contacts . . . . . . . . . .
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Code Reading Contacts
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Contact assembly positioning . . . . . .
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Contact sensing arm - upstop
clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Contact swinger - sensing
arm clearance .
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SECTION 573-127 - 703
Issue 5, May 1972
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