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No, not a Spring Motor. The patent date is Nov. 17, 1903.Gramtastic wrote:George, photo now attached.
Is this not a Spring Motor then ??
George P.
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Re: Spring Motor
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Re: Spring Motor
That explains a lot ! Many thanks for the info.
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Re: Spring Motor
You're very welcome. 
This explains the holes drilled in the corners of the bedplate - - Spring Motors didn't have them, but Triumphs did. The on/off lever is the later style, so I'll change my diagnosis to this being a complete Model A Triumph mechanism lifted out of its original cabinet and dropped into the earlier cabinet of a Spring Motor or Concert.
I should have asked for a photo of the data plate FIRST!
The serial number may also explain the machine's present state. Triumphs between roughly 45,000 and 50,000 were equipped with Model A mechanisms mounted in the later raised-panel cabinet we associate with the Model B/C/D/E/F. A collector in days gone by may have thought he had a mismatch of mechanism and cabinet, so he may put the mechanism in the earlier Spring Motor/Concert cabinet.
George P.
This explains the holes drilled in the corners of the bedplate - - Spring Motors didn't have them, but Triumphs did. The on/off lever is the later style, so I'll change my diagnosis to this being a complete Model A Triumph mechanism lifted out of its original cabinet and dropped into the earlier cabinet of a Spring Motor or Concert.
I should have asked for a photo of the data plate FIRST!
The serial number may also explain the machine's present state. Triumphs between roughly 45,000 and 50,000 were equipped with Model A mechanisms mounted in the later raised-panel cabinet we associate with the Model B/C/D/E/F. A collector in days gone by may have thought he had a mismatch of mechanism and cabinet, so he may put the mechanism in the earlier Spring Motor/Concert cabinet.
George P.