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</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">Intermatic Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Electrical_equipment" class="mw-redirect" title="Electrical equipment">Electrical equipment</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data">International Register Company</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1891<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1891</span>)</span> in <a href="Chicago%2C_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Arthur Woodward<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="Spring_Grove%2C_Illinois" title="Spring Grove, Illinois">Spring Grove, Illinois</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">250 to 1000 (2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://intermatic.com">intermatic<wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Intermatic Incorporated</b> is an American manufacturer of <a href="Time_switch" title="Time switch">time switches</a> headquartered in <a href="Spring_Grove%2C_Illinois" title="Spring Grove, Illinois">Spring Grove, Illinois</a>. Intermatic was founded in 1891 in <a href="Chicago%2C_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a> as the <i>International Register Company</i> to produce <a href="Fare_register" class="mw-redirect" title="Fare register">fare registers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IDA-IL.US_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IDA-IL.US-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The company's founder was A.H. Woodward who held several patents on fare registers (mechanical devices for recording passenger ticket and ridership).<sup id="cite_ref-U.S._Patent_803655A_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-U.S._Patent_803655A-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-U.S._Patent_818508_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-U.S._Patent_818508-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>The company introduced its first <a href="Time_switch" title="Time switch">lighting timer</a> in 1945, and today makes timing and control systems for line and low voltage systems used in residential, commercial, government, and industrial systems.<sup id="cite_ref-Bloomberg_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bloomberg-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The company sells the <i>Time-All</i> line of timers for consumer applications.<sup id="cite_ref-USPTO-Time-All_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USPTO-Time-All-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/ilcenbus/id/1319">"Intermatic Incorporated"</a>. <i>www.idaillinois.org</i>. State of Illinois<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 August</span> 2022</span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-U.S._Patent_818508-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-U.S._Patent_818508_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFWoodward1906" class="citation web cs1">Woodward, Arthur H. (24 April 1906). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US818508A/en">"Fare-register"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 October</span> 2022</span>.</cite></span>
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