Time-Clip No. 3

1887 – Schenck and innovation

Technical developments at Schenck were based on the construction of scales. The first patent registered by the young entrepreneur Carl Schenck was for the "registering device",
a card printer for the precision balance which clearly indicated the weight. It was patented in 1887.

The next patent followed hot on its heels and in 1891 a patent for the “automatic precision balance” for narrow track and suspension track vehicles was registered. In 1900, this product was awarded a gold medal at the Great Exhibition in Paris.

Within the space of a few years, this award opened up the company to overseas customers. For example, in 1898, 13 of these sets of scales were supplied to gold mines in the Transvaal, South Africa, and 10 were supplied to the
Japanese imperial steelworks.