Category:Mettype and Supertype typewriters

The various toy typewriters made by TippCo in Germany, by Mettoy in the UK, and by Marx in the US, with a distinctive central print head, were all supposedly designed by Samuel Irving Berger, who obtained a slew of patents in 1950-51, which were supplemented with additional modifications (and patents) by his son Edwin Irving Berger.

Mettoy's range were distinguished by different colours: The Mettype Junior and Mettoy Prefect seemed to be red, the Supertype, green, the Mettoy Elegant, pink.

Some patents:

Samuel I. Berger:

• Patent application US73131847A·1947-02-27 (published US2536715A·1951-01-02 Toy Typewriter)
• Patent application US78690347A·1947-11-19 (published US2534399A·1950-12-19 Toy Typewriter)
• Patent application US5745748A·1948-10-30 (published US2569145A·1951-09-25 Toy Typewriter)
• Patent application US6653848A·1948-12-21 (published US2557592A·1951-06-19 Toy Typewriter)

Edwin J. Berger:

• Patent application US60326356A·1956-08-10 (published US2905300A·1959-09-22 Pivoted type head for toy typewriter)
• Patent application US81268659A·1959-05-12 (published US2964156A·1960-12-13 Pivoted type head for toy typewriter)
• Patent application US7900260A·1960-12-28 (published US3038579A·1962-06-12 Pivoted type head for toy typewriter)

External links

• Tipp & Co, Mettoy and Marx Toy Typewriters: All the Work of Sammy Berger (oztypewriter.blogspot.com)
• Victoria and Albert: Mettoy Prefect (collections.vam.ac.uk)
• Mettoy Elegant (hisforhomeblog.com)