https://www.datamp.org/ Recently added patents en-us https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=85887&pn=661,469 Roll Holding Camera Patentee: George Eastman - Rochester, Monroe County NY Granted:1900-11-06
Manufactured by Eastman Kodak Co. - Rochester, Monroe County NY
Assigned to Eastman Kodak Co. - Rochester, Monroe County NY

Abstract: My present invention has for one object to provide an improved photographic camera adapted for making a series of pictures or exposures upon a strip of sensitized film carried upon a spool and adapted to be drawn therefrom and wound upon a similar spool as the various exposures are made; and it has for its further object to provide a camera in which the film wound upon the spool may be easily inserted or removed and the construction simplified. Claim: In a camera the combination with the body having the central chamber, the film-chambers and the filmi-guides, of a removable casing for said body embodying the three connected covering-pieces and a separate removable fourth covering piece interlocking with two of the others to hold the casing around the body.
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=85886&pn=408,596 Camera Patentee: George Eastman - Rochester, Monroe County NY Granted:1889-08-06
Manufactured by Eastman Dry-Plate & Film Co. - Rochester, Monroe County NY
Assigned to Eastman Dry-Plate & Film Co. - Rochester, Monroe County NY

Abstract: this invention relates more particularly to improvements in that class of photographic apparatus known as "detective cameras; and t5 it consists in the novel form of construction and arrangement of the camera-body, the lens support and adjusting device, and the exposing-shutter and operating devices, and in certain details and parts. Claim: In a camera, the combination, with the tubular casing having the fixed front. and the small aperture therein, of the frame carrying the lens and shutter adapted to be inserted from the rear, securing devices for fastening the frame to the casing operated only from the interior of the easing, and a holder for sensitized material fitting the casing and forming the rear end of the camera, substantially as described. ?. In a camera, i lie conibination, with the tubular easing having the small apertunre in the end, of trie Frame carrying the Iens tfitting inside the easing, ]raing the slott ed sides, a nd the screws for securing it to the casing.
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=85885&pn=189,119,618 Improvements in adjustable screw spanners or screw wrenches Patentee: Andrew Samuel Sansom - London England Granted:1891-11-19
Manufactured by W. A. Lloyd & Co., LTD - Birmingham England

Entry based on "Abridgments of Specifications." Combination quick and screw adjustment; advertised as the "Grappler." Ron Geesin's entry for W.A. Lloyd & Co. shows an example, and it is illustrated in a March 1895 item in THE IRONMONGER. Note: Early British patents (pre 1916) were numbered by the year and started at patent #1 at the start of each year in January. The standard patent # convention for these uses the year of registration and the patent #, with "leading zeros" interposed to make the number total nine digits. This patent is #19,618 of the year 1891.
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=58582&pn=189,220,928 Spanners Patentee: John Herbert Wynn - Birmingham England Granted:1892-11-18
Manufactured by Wynn, Timmins & Co. - Birmingham England

Adjustment screw placed at the end of the head. Patent information from "Abridgments of Specifications" and Ron Geesin's book THE ADJUSTABLE SPANNER. Used in WYNN, TIMMINS & Co. "CENTURY." Note: Early British patents (pre 1916) were numbered by the year and started at patent #1 at the start of each year in January. The patent # convention for these combines the year of registration and the patent # (with "leading zeros" interposed to make the number total nine digits). This patent is #20,928 of the year 1892.
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=85884&pn=189,313,897 Improvements in Spanners Patentee: William Durant - Chapeltown Yorkshire England Granted:1894-05-19
Manufactured by Thomas A. Ashton "Speedwell" Works - Sheffield England

Entry based on "Abridgments of Specifications." Ron Geesin's THE ADJUSTABLE SPANNER shows an example of the Durant patent, but failed to identify the manufacturer. Items in 1896-1897 trade journals note introduction of the wrench. Note: Early British patents (pre 1916) were numbered by the year and started at patent #1 at the start of each year in January. The patent # convention adopted for these uses the year of registration and the patent # (with "leading zeros" interposed to make the number total nine digits). This patent is #13,897 of the year 1893.
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