US Patent: 5,653X
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| Manufacture of Harness Trimmings and Carriage Ornaments
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Patentee:
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| William S. Robinson (exact or similar names) - Taunton, MA |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Sep. 22, 1829 |
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Joel Havens
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| 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 Manufacture of Harness Trimmings, and Carriage Ornaments; William S. Robinson, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, September 22.
The improvement proposed is the making of metallic furniture for harness, or coach ornaments, by using a composition of metal, resembling Brittania metal, and the casting them in brass moulds, so as to require but little finishing; as it is not pretended that the recipe for the composition is a new one, we insert it. A composition is first made, called hardening: this is formed by melting together three pounds of copper, seven pounds of block tin, twelve ounces of antimony, and twelve ounces of bismuth. Seven pounds of this, melted with thirty-three of block tin, form the metal in question. The claim is as follows:
That which I claim as new, and as my invention, is the application of the above described composition of metal to the manufacture of harness and carriage trimmings, in those cases where silver plated work has been heretofore used; and likewise the manufacture of said trimmings by means of moulds, whereas the common trimmings are cast in sand, and cannot be cast in moulds, but I do not claim as new, the composition of the foregoing ingredients into one metal, since a metal has been before manufactured from the same ingredients, though used in different proportions; nor do I claim the invention of the moulds, which are made of common materials, and in the usual way, but which have never been used before for a like purpose.”
That is, although buckles, beads, and ornaments of various kinds, have been frequently cast of a similar metal, and in similar moulds, an exclusive right to the casting of buckles, beads, and ornaments for harness and coaches, is claimed by the present inventor.”
Journal of the Franklin Institute Vol. 9, Dec. 1829 pgs. 410-411
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