US Patent: 5,604X
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| Improvement in the Use and Application of Steam
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Patentees:
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| Timothy Packard (exact or similar names) - Granville, Washington County, NY |
| J.E. Strong (exact or similar names) - Granville, Washington County, NY |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Aug. 07, 1829 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
| 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. There are no patent drawings available. This patent is in the database for reference only.
“For an improvement in the Use and Application of Steam; Timothy Packard and John E. Strong, Granville, Washington county, New York, August 7.
The end proposed, and the novelty claimed by the patentees, is, the application of steam for the purpose of heating water in tubs, or vessels, for the purposes for which hatters, in their trade and business, usually heat water in boilers and kettles with fire applied under or around them, by which invention, or discovery, any number of vessels may be heated in wood, instead of metal vessels, and by one fire for the whole, instead of one fire for each kettle, or vessel, &c., &c.
It is now more than forty years since the first introduction of this mode of heating coppers and vats for dyers, and other purposes; during which period it has been, and still is, very extensively practiced: it was, long ago, applied to hatters' kettles in Philadelphia, and probably in other places.”
Journal of the Franklin Institute Vol. 8, Nov. 1829 pgs. 330-331
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