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| has gloss | eng: The Lin Yutang Chinese Typewriter An electro-mechanical Chinese typewriter was invented and patented by Dr. Lin Yutang. The patent, No. 2613795, was filed on April 17, 1946 by Lin, and was issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on October 14, 1952. One of Lins intentions was to help modernize China. The typewriter was called "MingKwai"; Lin promoted it as "The Only Chinese Typewriter Designed for Everybodys Use." ("Ming kwai" means "clear and quick".) |
| lexicalization | eng: Chinese typewriter |
| instance of | (noun) hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time typewriter |
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| media:img | Chinese typewriter.jpg |
| media:img | MINGKWAI.jpg |
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