Originally Posted by Drew Hause
Daryl or Dave will need to help us with this

[Linked Image from photos.smugmug.com]

Frank A. Hollenbeck was the BG&F plant superintendent 1890-1892. He had three patents granted while he was in Batavia, and two were assigned to Baker Gun & Forging; October 13, 1891 #461182
https://books.google.com/books?id=QIdRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA193&lpg
and August 23, 1892 #481327.
Patent February 10, 1891 # 446166 was for Hollenbeck’s hammer safety device
https://patents.google.com/patent/US446166

I couldn't find Hollenbeck February 10, 1890 or October 14, 1891 patents

Patents at that time were issued once a week. Patents weren't issued on those dates. The engraver had one too many beers with lunch.

The gun pictured by Drew above has two pins in the lockplates. I've not seen that before? Always one --

[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]

or three --

[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]

Last edited by Researcher; 08/03/22 12:25 PM.