It kept them both occupied for the next 12 years. The Sun Index was successful and Burridge and Marshman earned a lot in profits.
Burridge became the president of this company until his death. Two years later in 1887, Burridge and his brother Frank incorporated the Sun Typewriter Co. This is a rendering of The Sun Index typewriter. In 1885 the Sun Index typewriter was patented and went into production. Some of the innovations he made over the year were: a new inking system combining a small self-supplying ink roll with a type-bar a counterbalance type bar, permitting a very slight and delicate touch to the keys a visible machine, a special type-bar machine operating 78 characters with only 10 keys.
īurridge spent a lot of time simplifying the parts and movements of the typewriter. In 1884 Burridge and Marshman devised the Sun Index typewriter. They patented their combined work on a toy in 1883. In 1882 Burridge and Newman Marshman began a long-lasting partnership. Pictured is an advertisement for The Sun Typewriter Company Burridge toys like the walking man and a creeping doll. In 1890, Burridge directed his focus to manufacture mechanical toys and established Sun Manufacturing Co. In New York Burridge worked on manufacturing mechanical toys at the importing house of Aufmordt & Co.
Levi Spear Burridge and Emma Frances (Ogden) Burridge.īurridge was educated at Tunbridge Wells, England, and moved to New York in 1878. Lee Burridge was born on September 22, 1861, in Paris, France. Institutions Tunbridge Wells, England Contributions Sun No 2. Quick Facts Full Name Lee Burridge Death Net Worth $91,000 at time of death AwardsĬhildren None Nationality American Place of Birth Paris, France Fields of Expertise Lee Burridge was an inventor, manufacturer, and one of the typewriter inventors. Lee Burridge was an inventor of the typewriter.
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