US Patent: 5,589X
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Mode of Making Felloes for Wheels by Steaming and Bending
Rims or Felloes of All Kinds of Wheels
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Patentee:
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| Merritt Blakeslee (Blakersler) (exact or similar names) - Canaan. Litchfield County, CT |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Jul. 29, 1829 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
| Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. There are no patent drawings available. This patent is in the database for reference only.
“For manufacturing the Rims or Felloes of all kinds of Wheels for wheel carriages, by steaming and bending the same; Merrit Blakeslee, Canaan, Litchfield county, Connecticut, July 29.
There is no formal claim in the specification of this patent, but the tenor of it renders it manifest that the intention of the patentee is to claim as his invention, the forming of the rims of wheels from a single piece, by bending; as, after describing a plan for bending on the outside of a circular mould, he observes that it may be bent to the required form in various methods, and on, or within moulds.
Were fortune and the fates disposed to make bargains with us mortals, we would agree with the former to be able to keep our carriage for a term equal to that which has elapsed since we first saw rims of this description, and willingly allow Atropos to cut the thread, when fortune claimed the vehicle.
A Mr. Viney obtained a patent in England for such wheels, more than forty years ago. They are mentioned under the article wheel, in Rees's Cyclopædia, and in many other works. Rees says, Mr. Viney invented the process for bending timber into a circular form, practiced for some time by Messrs. Jacob and Viny, and now continued by others. By this mode of construction, the grain of the wood is kept parallel throughout, so that the periphery of the wheel is equally strong, &c. &c.
Some persons appear to think that the obtaining of a patent for an old affair, will have the effect of making it young again, but we apprehend it will be found that our courts and jurors are of a different opinion: were such indeed the fact, all our old men and women would apply to be patented, and the business of the patent office would soon become overwhelming.”
Journal of the Franklin Institute Vol. 7, Oct. 1829 pgs. 267-268
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