1917 - 1928

In 1917, during World War I, Arthur Woodward invented the wind vane sight (for machine guns firing between rotating propeller blades), and one of the company's directors invented the Navy bomb sight. International Register Company produced these inventions during and immediately after the war, greatly contributing to the allied effort in Europe.

The Navy bomb sight invented during World War I

By 1922, the era of streetcars was drawing to a close. Looking for new horizons, the Company developed the Cutawl (a cutting machine) as its own product, and did contract manufacturing, making such items as the Checkwriter, the Stenotype, candy and gum vending machines for Automatic Canteen and the Nielsen Audimeter (used for the Nielson ratings).

The Cutawl cutting machine developed in 1922

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