If you will forgive me (some of you probably won’t) for going back to my original post, I posed a question as to the meaning of a stamp (possibly partly erased) that I read as G.M. PAT.
I have just emerged from the Google rabbit hole (“where’s the day gone?”) searching for the operative dates of Needham’s ejector patent and was directed to a post by Small Bore in 2005 on this Forum where he said :-
“Greener did indeed buy Needham's in order, largely, to get hold of the ejector rights. He moved from the original Needham ejector to the Self-acting ejector and then the Unique ejector variants. Some patents stamps are marked 'G&N' withe the patent number , for 'Greener & Needham”
Which I think must answer my original question.
Now I just need to learn to read.
