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1964 Triumph Tippa Serial # 4408545 1964 Triumph Tippa typewriter, Serial # 4408545 Hein Reinders's 1964 Triumph Tippa typewriter. 2026-01-10 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Hein Reinders: 1964 Triumph Tippa Serial # 4408545 The original design by Paul Gossen in 1948 is characterized by an almost flat aluminium casting as a chassis. For upper/lower case, the carriage hinges up and down in a four-bar-linkage, The Gossen mechanism has been refined over the years. In the Triump, the complicated escapement of the Gossen was transformed into a astonishing simple design. It uses flat steel sheet sliding parts, which are cheap to accurately fabricate and easy to assemble. The escapament is such a nice piece of engineering that it deserves a separate article. Laurenz van Gaalen and me are considering to write one.
When pressing a key, the typing arm is kicked up like the hammer on a piano. While holding the type on the paper with one hand, you can pull its key up with a finger of your other hand. It is a spring on the typing arm that pushes the key to its starting position.
They are lovely machines but quite a handful to repair.
See the relevant pictures at the end of the gallery.
Never mind the typo in the specimen.

1964 Triumph Tippa #4408545

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Hein Reinders (heinemaat)
Created: 01-10-2026 at 12:36PM
Last Edit: 01-10-2026 at 01:32PM

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The original design by Paul Gossen in 1948 is characterized by an almost flat aluminium casting as a chassis. For upper/lower case, the carriage hinges up and down in a four-bar-linkage, The Gossen mechanism has been refined over the years. In the Triump, the complicated escapement of the Gossen was transformed into a astonishing simple design. It uses flat steel sheet sliding parts, which are cheap to accurately fabricate and easy to assemble. The escapament is such a nice piece of engineering that it deserves a separate article. Laurenz van Gaalen and me are considering to write one.
When pressing a key, the typing arm is kicked up like the hammer on a piano. While holding the type on the paper with one hand, you can pull its key up with a finger of your other hand. It is a spring on the typing arm that pushes the key to its starting position.
They are lovely machines but quite a handful to repair.
See the relevant pictures at the end of the gallery.
Never mind the typo in the specimen.

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pale light
pale light

pale light through the blinds
pale light through the blinds

43376740 meets 4408545
43376740 meets 4408545

dancing duo
dancing duo

the flat casting carries all parts
the flat casting carries all parts

One return spring for the typelever was missing. Rather than dismantling the whole mechanism, a seperate spring ( supplied by Laurenz van Galen, thank you) was installed on a new anchor point (the miniature anchor point is threaded (M1,2) into the chassis and stems from a pair of glasses). Laurenz called this ‘a field repair’
One return spring for the typelever was missing. Rather than dismantling the whole mechanism, a seperate spring ( supplied by Laurenz van Galen, thank you) was installed on a new anchor point (the miniature anchor point is threaded (M1,2) into the chassis and stems from a pair of glasses). Laurenz called this ‘a field repair’

the dust of an eraser covered this assembly
the dust of an eraser covered this assembly

the cleaned escapament assembly with CR (left), ribbon hopper (top) and escapement (right)
the cleaned escapament assembly with CR (left), ribbon hopper (top) and escapement (right)

the eraser culprit?
the eraser culprit?

this is the slider that holds the carriage in place by placing its bend up tooth at its right end into the gear rack. See the next picture for the part that comes on top of this...
this is the slider that holds the carriage in place by placing its bend up tooth at its right end into the gear rack. See the next picture for the part that comes on top of this...

This part and its bend up tooth is pushed into the gear rack before the 'main dog' is taken out of the rack's way by a 'space command'
This part and its bend up tooth is pushed into the gear rack before the 'main dog' is taken out of the rack's way by a 'space command'

The lever on top should pull the CR. It had to much play and lost part of its stroke to bending upward. Adding the shim to the top of the lever instead of under it helped.
The lever on top should pull the CR. It had to much play and lost part of its stroke to bending upward. Adding the shim to the top of the lever instead of under it helped.

Hunter: Hein Reinders (heinemaat)

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As a retired product development engineer, I am fascinated by the design of electro-mechanical products in which parts move, make noise and, preferably, radiate a little heat. Most preferred are products that are operated by keys, like typewriters, accordeons and pianos.
My genetics and statistics on lifetime expectancy suggest that it is time for me to let you know about the fantastic design, product engineering and manuacturing skills of the generation before mine. I salute mr. Munk for the opportunity that he has created for me to show it to the world. Okay, a bit bombastic.
Comments? Email me at hreinder1950@gmail.com


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