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The Royal Typewriter Company was a manufacturer of typewriters headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut.
[edit] History
Founded by E.B. Hess in 1904. By 1923 Hess was reported to have collected more than 140 different patents dealing with typewriter technology.
The Royal Typewriter Company (by this time known as the Royal McBee Typewriter Company) was purchased by Litton Industries in the late 1970s and ceased the manufacture of typewriters itself, but marketed Litton's Adler machines under the Adler-Royal' brand. The company is now owned by Olivetti and markets Royal, Adler-Royal, and Olivetti brand typewriters. They sell OEM supplies for all three brands they sell, and additionally they sell ROYTYPE aftermarket supplies for other makes, such at IBM and Smith Corona. They also market many other office products including Royal brand cash registers, shredders, PDAs, etc.
[edit] Typewriters
A Royal Typewriter from about
1923.
| Model |
Year Introduced |
Notes |
| Royal 1 |
1906 |
First model |
| Royal 5 |
1911 |
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| Royal 10 |
1914 |
Beveled glass sides |
| Royal Quiet Deluxe |
1926 |
Portable model |
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Hartford, Connecticut
