US Patent: 129,843 - Improvement in Lubricators for Steam Engines


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US Patent: 129,843

Improvement in Lubricators for Steam Engines

Patentee:

Elijah McCoy (exact or similar names) - Ypsilanti, MI

USPTO Classifications:

184/51

Tool Categories:

industrial tools : tool lubricators

propulsion and energy : steam engines

Assignees:

Elijah McCoy - Ypsilanti, MI

S. C. Hamlin - Ypsilanti, MI

Manufacturer:

Unknown

Witnesses:

S. M. Cutcheon

W. R. Samson

Patent Dates:
Granted:	Jul. 23, 1872

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Wikipedia biography of Elijah McCoy

Description:

This Lubricator was "The Real McCoy". Please see link.

The inventor was born in Canada to fugitive slaves from Kentucky. He moved to Scotland where he was certified as a mechanical engineer, and then rejoined his family who in the meantime had moved to Michigan.