In 1935, Bernard J. Dowd and Henry Hart filed a patent for a portable typewriter's outer shell. (The patent can be viewed and printed from http://www.google.com/patents/USD96652.pdf ).
Dowd and Hart also designed the Touch Control mechanism, which would be found on Royal Portables for many years. Dowd was born in 1883 in Cavan, Ireland. Hart was born in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1898, and started his career at Royal as a draftsman. By 1949, Henry J. Hart had become Vice President and Factory Manager of the Royal Typewriter Company.
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Dowd and Hart also designed the Touch Control mechanism, which would be found on Royal Portables for many years. Dowd was born in 1883 in Cavan, Ireland. Hart was born in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1898, and started his career at Royal as a draftsman. By 1949, Henry J. Hart had become Vice President and Factory Manager of the Royal Typewriter Company.
