US Patent: 33,751
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| Improvement in oilers
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Patentee:
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| Leverett Homer Olmsted (exact or similar names) - Stamford, CT |
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Patent Dates:
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Nov. 19, 1861 |
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Jeff Joslin
Vintage Machinery entry for L. H. Olmsted
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| The invention is an oil can with a weighted hemispherical bottom that has no seam submerged in oil and that will tend to stay upright when set down. The cover flexes to slightly pressurize the oil and thus expel a drop or two. An example has been seen, marked "L. H. Olmsted's pat. Nov. 19, 61".We have seen numerous catalog listings from the late 1860s and early '70s for "Olmstead's Oiler"; note the variant spelling of the surname. These were made by J. H. White of Newark. See patents 42,593 and 54,394 for improvements. |
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