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Kay Kostka collection 2015 
digitized by typewriters.ch 2015

Summary of Contents for Rocket

Page 1: ... TYPEWRITER kL lL coc k eLv ec i P t rf t3lA k fle Hans Schwinning Hans Schwinni ng t ke ci i c K MANUFACTURED AND GUARANTEED BY PAILLARD LTD YVERDON STE CROIX Switzerland DISTRIBUTED AND GUARANTEED BY PAILLARD PRODUCTS INC 100 SIXTH AVENUE NEW YORK 13 N Y ...

Page 2: ...LINE SPACE LEVER For writing release the line space lever by drawing locking knob 8 towards you Lift the arm of the lever to make it longer To lock the lever when closing the carrying case fold down the line space lever arm and close the lever towards the platen knob Lock it in this position by push ing the locking knob 8 backwards Center the carriage proceeding as shown under 13 8 THE 2 LINE SPAC...

Page 3: ...List of features LINE SPACE LEVER shut open ...

Page 4: ...important for finding exact writing position when making corrections additions etc 15 RIGHT HAND PAPER RELEASE LEVER If the paper needs adjusting pull this lever towards you This will release the paper table and hold it in this position until the lever is pushed back 16 CARRIAGE RELEASE LEVER This allows the movement of the carriage to left or right Operate it with your index finger by pressing yo...

Page 5: ... Rocket is now ready for carrying CARE OF THE MACH I NE Keep your Hermes machine as clean as possible Always cover it after you have finished work When an eraser is used move the carriage either to the extreme left or right to avoid the eraser dust falling into mechanism MACHINE NUMB ER The machine number is stamped behind the right hand side of the carriage and can easily be seen by moving the ca...

Page 6: ...l illustration and not from the front through the slots on the left and right o the ribbon lifter 2 Shift lock 2 may then be released CLEANING THE TYPE r Use a hard brush do not use pins available use a sharpened match fall into the mechanism CLEANING THE PLATEN or other metallic instruments If a brush is not stick Take care t see that the dust does not The platen must be cleaned only with methyla...

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