[CW] Lightening Bug Patents

[Donald Kemp]

Richard,

I found another Lightning ser # 203595 from 1959,
and that nameplate does not show any patent numbers.
It just says patented.

On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 3:34 AM Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

>    Thank all those who sent me patent numbers. I looked them up. Mostly
> patents I already had. A couple of errors, 763305 should be 767305, not
> the first time I've seen an error on a label. A couple of the other
> patents make no sense, one for a machine to remove lumps from bread
> dough, another for a welding machine. Probably other numerical errors on
> the labels. I will see if I can find the correct ones. OTOH, sometimes a
> seemingly irrelevant patent can be correct because of some odd mechanism
> it contains. So far none of the patents show the characteristic
> structure of the Lightening Bug, i.e. the use of standard parts in place
> of machined castings. That is what I am mainly looking for. I think one
> of the patents does show a flat pendulum. More if I find more. I am also
> posting this to the CW list. And Morse Code list.
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles
> WB6KBL
> SKCC 19998
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73,
Don, NN8B
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