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Old Tools Patent Info - Thanks Leon - EMESS Metal Spray Tool Gun

The recent thread for Old Precision Tools contained a couple of very useful links supplied by Leon F, thanks Leon.

I found a tool at a garage sale this summer and wasn't able to locate any info about it (even though I tried searches and Goog patents before), until I tried the links in Leon's reply to the other topic.

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So, this tool looked like it was designed to spray body lead or solder, and the info shows that it certainly was
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Basic design is a handheld electrical heater with a cavity to melt the lead, and a unique spray orfice for the lead to come out of, which is then sprayed by compressed air, by attaching an air hose to the tool. The handle has the patent number and the name EMESS (which I thought was a spelling of M-S for metal spray), but are also the initials of the inventor.

The Goog results allow everything to be viewed (PDF format), where the uspto site requires the installation of a downloaded viewer (I guess), and the datamp.org site didn't have any info about the tool onsite, but provided a link to the uspto site.

Kinda a neat old tool, patent filed 1939, and issued in 1941. I had made some comments about this tool in an older post, as I'd seen this tool at the same location at an earlier time, but didn't buy it then. When I saw it this year, I got it, and have just assumed that I wasn't going to be able to find any info regarding the age or exact intended use.

This is yet another instance of being grateful for the many metalworking-related topics that I enjoy finding, and learning from, in the RCM group.

WB ......... metalworking projects

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Wild_Bill
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Hi WB,

I'm glad it helped you out. Rob (from "What is it?") clued me into the Datamp site. It can be quite helpful at times.

The US Patent site has all of its older (pre 1976) patents in tiff image format. If you just download the image and save it as a .tiff (or .tif) file they can be viewed with Irfanview, Xnview or use whatever your favorite graphics viewer might be.

If you are at the US Patent site and sitting on their page where you should be seeing an image, you can try this Bookmarklet which should reveal the tif file link and make it clickable (so you can save the tif file). Save everything except the first greater than symbol as a bookmark. There shouldn't be any returns, it is all on one long line.

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Reply to
Leon Fisk

Thanks again Leon, although the bookmarklet is something that I'm completely unfamiliar with, it's saved and I'll try using it.

WB ......... metalworking projects

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Reply to
Wild_Bill

For some info and more on Bookmarklet's:

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"Bookmarklets are free tools to help with repetitive or otherwise impossible tasks in your web browser..."

You can do your own google for more if you find them useful.

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Leon Fisk

On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 08:45:47 -0400, "Wild_Bill" scribed:

Yup, Leon helped me on mine as you mentioned. Terrific site and great direction from our friends in RCM. Kudos' all round.

Freddie

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Fred Fowler III

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