US Patent: 1,097,134 - Locomotive-Lubricator


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US Patent: 1,097,134

Locomotive-Lubricator

Patentee:

Elijah McCoy (exact or similar names) - Detroit, Wayne County, MI

USPTO Classifications:

104/48, 184/27.1

Tool Categories:

propulsion and energy : steam engines : steam engine lubricators

Assignees:

Elijah McCoy - Detroit, Wayne County, MI

J. L. Johnson - Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Aug. 14, 1911
Granted:	May 19, 1914

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Wikipedia biography of Elijah McCoy

Description:

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.