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1980 Brother Correct-O-Riter I Serial # K01690431 1980 Brother Correct-O-Riter I typewriter, Serial # K01690431 James Grooms's 1980 Brother Correct-O-Riter I typewriter. 2026-05-08 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Grooms: 1980 Brother Correct-O-Riter I Serial # K01690431 New for 1978 the JP-12 carriage shift cassette. By c 83 they are using this name on a standard ribbon machine, also a JP-12. There was a C-O-R V that looks to be the same machine, but in a clamshell case.

Brother sold a lot of these. They are good typers. Spin some ribbon into the easily disassembled cassette and go to town.

This particular example was a mess. It was caked with mounds of tape. The roller was completely seized up. I started with Simple Green and a hot water jet to get the white stuff out - mostly. Someone had sprayed, probably WD, in it. There were globs of brown stuff everywhere. Once I had the roller spinning, I discovered the carriage was stuck. I have seen this before.

What happens is the margin lock/release gets out of adjustment and will slip underneath the line lock lever. This is a v shaped bit at the back center of the machine. Unfortunately, someone pried on the shift lift lever and bent things up. The result was that the carriage wouldn't come down all the way. I did some forming and was able to get it close. Then I put some pads under the motion screws for the lower case and reset the on-feet and motion. It seems to work.

This line lock is adjustable at the back of the machine via an eccentric.

1980 Brother Correct-O-Riter I #K01690431

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New for 1978 the JP-12 carriage shift cassette. By c 83 they are using this name on a standard ribbon machine, also a JP-12. There was a C-O-R V that looks to be the same machine, but in a clamshell case.

Brother sold a lot of these. They are good typers. Spin some ribbon into the easily disassembled cassette and go to town.

This particular example was a mess. It was caked with mounds of tape. The roller was completely seized up. I started with Simple Green and a hot water jet to get the white stuff out - mostly. Someone had sprayed, probably WD, in it. There were globs of brown stuff everywhere. Once I had the roller spinning, I discovered the carriage was stuck. I have seen this before.

What happens is the margin lock/release gets out of adjustment and will slip underneath the line lock lever. This is a v shaped bit at the back center of the machine. Unfortunately, someone pried on the shift lift lever and bent things up. The result was that the carriage wouldn't come down all the way. I did some forming and was able to get it close. Then I put some pads under the motion screws for the lower case and reset the on-feet and motion. It seems to work.

This line lock is adjustable at the back of the machine via an eccentric.

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