Maxime Desmarais writes:
I found the ad below while scrolling ebay and thought you might be interested to have a look. I did a bit of research and found out that this Loadomat 20 was made in USA and sold by Prime Photo Products, Inc. and also by Yankee.
First of all let’s look at the ad:
There is one of these for sale on the U.S. eBay site at present: Item number: 332310807840
The photographs there show the lid which states the patent number (the U.S. version of the original Rondinax patent) and also states the tank was made in the U.S.A.
Apart from the markings on the lid and of the positions of the light-tight container, the plastic parts appear identical to the Rondinax 60:
I then noticed that the film clip appeared identical to the one in that other clone, the Kent 20, purportedly manufactured in Britain:
Maxime also drew my attention to the Yankee version spotted sold on a South African Auction site. The lid of that one looks as if a Yankee badge has added to the moulding tool so as to overlay the original moulding. Otherwise the tank looks identical to the Prime Photo Products version.
Here is a photograph of the box:
So the fact that these tanks were labelled ’20’ and had the same style of film clip (inferior to the Afga versions), leads me to suggest that the Kent and Loadomat were clones made in the early 1950s and that in the U.S. they were marketed under the Yankee banner after PPP. Were the Kent 20 and the Loadomat 20 really made in Britain and the U.S.A. respectively, as claimed? Or were original Agfa moulding tools altered and used in the two countries? And were the belts and clips of the clones made by one manufacturer? How many were made and sold, given their comparative rarity on the market?
Whatever the answers, we are most grateful to Maxime for finding them.
ADDED on 24 August 2018
Thanks to Tai Chung in South Korea who has a Loadomat here are some more pictures:
NOTE ADDED 26 October 2018
I can see why one of these tanks turned up on a South African auction site. This catalogue shows they were sold in South Africa:
Rondinax 
I did more research on the Loadomat 20 and It appear to have been manufactured by PPP from 1947 to around 1952 while Yankee Photo Products (Windman Brothers.) seem to have manufactured it from around 1954 to 1959. PPP advertised the product with dedicated ads while Yankee just listed the tank among their other products. I didn’t find any mention of PPP post-1952, which leads me to believe that the business closed down and that Yankee bought their remaining photographic stocks including the molds for the Loadomat 20.
Here are several PPP ads from the 40’s: https://imgur.com/a/D3Y2K
and here’s 2 pictures of a PPP Loadomat with its box: http://imgur.com/a/rbRwN
ebay item: 322622049924
There is 2 differences between the 2 versions of the Loadomat 20, the first is the burgundy Bakelite used by PPP to make the loading chamber, the guide, the turning knob and the locking screw. The second difference is that the PPP version has springs to hold the rolls (like on the Rondinax 60) while the Yankee version is devoid of springs.
That’s all for now.
Cheers : -)
I’ve got a PPP Loadomat 20 1947 with original box and instructions