US Patent: 12,207 - Arrangement of slide-valves and exhaust-passages in steam-engines


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US Patent: 12,207

Arrangement of slide-valves and exhaust-passages in steam-engines

Patentee:

William Cleveland Hicks (exact or similar names) - Hartford, CT

USPTO Classifications:

91/466

Tool Categories:

propulsion and energy : steam engines : steam engine valves

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Howland, Angell & King - San Francisco, CA

Witnesses:

Lucius F. Robinson

William Benton

Patent Dates:
Granted:	Jan. 09, 1855

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"Vintage Machinery" entry for Howland, Angell & King

Description:

The 2000 book, A Biographical Dictionary of People in Engineering: "HICKS, William Cleveland, 1829-1885, American mechanical engineer and inventor; worked in shop of Woodruff & Reach, assistant superintendent of Colt armory, city engineer of Hartford (CT), superintendent of Volcanic Firearms Co. (1855), numerous patents covering railway switches, steam engine valves, sewing machines (1861), drop press (1863), Volcanic gun later known as Winchester rifle (1864), Hicks engine (MEIA)".