Need help identifying switches on some typewriters

LeanMachine

27 Oct 2016, 12:31

Hi guys, it's my first time posting here, but i've been lurking on deskthority for a long time.
Could you help me identify the switches used on some typewriters(they're not mine yet, I can buy them for 5-15 euros a piece). The first two picture are from an Olivetti Praxis 20, and the last two are from a Nakajima AX60. I asked the seller to take some pictures for me.
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I've got my eye on some more typewriters, but the sellers won't take the keycaps of because they risk damaging the mechanism. Here's a list of those other typewriters.
- Brother AX-210
- Brother AX-15
- Olympia Mastertype D
- Philips VW 2140
- Philips VW 2000
- Smith Corona XL 1850
- Triumph Adler Gabriele 100
- Olivetti ET compact 60

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Chyros

27 Oct 2016, 13:50

That looks like ordinary rubber dome and spring over membrane. Some old Brother printers came with dome and foil switches, and some Smith-Coronas came with the especially vile S-C leaf spring over membrane switches.

LeanMachine

27 Oct 2016, 16:41

Thanks for the help! Do you happen too know anything about the Triumph Adler(The gabriele 5000 and gabriele 100) or the Olympia as well?
Here's some pics:
Triumph Adler Gabriele 5000
Triumph Adler Gabriele 5000
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Olympia Mastertype D
Olympia Mastertype D
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Chasing the Dream

27 Oct 2016, 16:45

We have a triumph adler wiki.

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Nuum

27 Oct 2016, 19:08

The Olympia most probably has these switches: wiki/Marquardt_Two_Fingers_Typewriter_switch
I have a very similar board here.

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