Posted 1 year ago
Mystaplers
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Sometimes the "Never ending Search" pays off. Like others in the hobby, I had only seen a printers cut of this machine and like my fellow collectors was not aware of any surviving examples. But then I found this in Australia. May I present the Automatic Wire Stitching Machine. It had three patents: 1871, 1875, 1880. Produced by: H. Bernard or E.P. Donnell Manufacturing Co. Serial Number: 354
Hi, Mystaplers. :-)
Great post.
I decided to look up the patent in Google Patents, and noticed that the listing didn't look quite right (it turns out that the Google Patent version doesn't show the first two pages):
https://patents.google.com/patent/US228874
However, if you choose download, it looks OK:
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/52/cf/ec/a944d921b89b5e/US228874.pdf
I decided to look it up in USPTO, and discovered that they've overhauled their patent search interface:
https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/0228874
Looks right to me.
Of course, doing that on my hybrid is no big deal. The acid test is using my so-called smart phone, so I tried it. It worked.
It's been a long time coming, but -- Yay!
Here's the 1871 patent from USPTO:
https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/0112719
Here's the 1875 patent at USPTO:
https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/0168736
My source for the patent numbers (Scaglione's Antique and Vintage Office Museum has an automatic wire stitching machine with a serial number of 454):
https://anyflip.com/gkmo/zvmy/basic
Thanks for that information. I have all of these patents in my file. That guy at Scaglione's Office Museum does a pretty good job at researching. Not always 100% by 99% is good. lol
I pulled the Automatic out of the display case and yes, I stand corrected, the serial number is in fact 454.
So, did you like my website??????
Mystaplers, your site is awesome:
https://anyflip.com/homepage/gkmo/
I particularly liked the History of the Seal Press:
https://anyflip.com/gkmo/hukh/
There is some gorgeous stuff in there.
On the issue of looking through an entire years' worth of patents just to find one particular patent: been there. >8-0
Thank you very much Keramikos, I have to admit, I have some pretty interesting pieces that a few years ago, I would have said I could never have in my collection.
It just takes hard work, persistence and a good credit card. lol