US Patent: 5,647X
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| Cast-Iron Copings or Finishings for Chimneys, Fire-Guards, Ridges, &c. of Buildings
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Patentee:
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| Charles Neer (exact or similar names) - Waterford, Saratoga County, NY |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Sep. 11, 1829 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
| Listed in List of Patents for Inventions and Designs, 1847, pgs. 124 & 512.
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. Only the patent drawing is available. This patent is in the database for reference only.
“For Cast-iron Copings, or Finishing for Chimneys, fire guards, ridges, &c. of buildings; Charles Neal, Waterford, Saratoga County, New York, September 11.
It is altogether unnecessary to give a description of either of the above articles, as the claim is to "making the above-described copings, or finishings for buildings, of cast-iron, instead of other materials, as heretofore used; and also the peculiar construction of the same as above described."
The peculiar construction alluded to, is the provision that they may be cast either in one or more pieces.
We have repeatedly given an opinion that a claim like the above is not good, as it consists merely in a change of the material used and cannot be properly denominated either an invention or discovery. Were we to build a house of cast-iron, should we interfere with the rights of the present patentee, because our chimney tops, and other finishings, were of that material?”
Journal of the Franklin Institute Vol. 9, Dec. 1829 pgs. 408-409
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