US Patent: 73,459
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| Improvement in lubricating bearings for machinery
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Patentee:
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| Leverett Homer Olmsted (exact or similar names) - Stamford, CT |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Jan. 21, 1868 |
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Jeff Joslin
Vintage Machinery entry for L. H. Olmsted
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Description: |
| This invention uses leather or other material in the lubrication receptacle to slowly pass lubricant to the bearing. The leather can be compressed to regulate the rate at which the lubricant passes through. Decades after this patent the inventor would manufacture a power hacksaw. |
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