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Recordak|rɪˈkɔːdæk|
Also with lower-case initial.
The proprietary name of an apparatus manufactured by Kodak Ltd. for producing a photographic record of a series of documents, as bank cheques, etc.
1929Encycl. Brit. XVII. 805/1 G. L. McCarthy..has designed a camera intended to photograph upon a strip of motion picture film all the checks passing through a bank. This camera, which is known as the ‘Recordak’, provides a permanent record which greatly diminishes the risk of fraud. 1937Trade Marks Jrnl. 31 Mar. 360/2 Recordak... Photographic apparatus and parts thereof,..and films prepared for exhibition. Kodak Limited,..London,..; manufacturers. 1942R.A.F. Jrnl. 2 May 11 The Recordak machine has replaced the clumsy methods of the Tours' post office. The airgraph service is now established. 1948E. L. Irey Tax Dodgers xiii. 251 It was the only bank in Atlantic City which used a recordak. 1967Cox & Grose Organization & Handling Bibl. Rec. by Computer 185 In 1956 we installed a ‘magnetic tape to microfilm’ device..and decentralized the whole file, using about forty Recordak readers, each containing all of the 160 million names. |