Leopold Katzenstein
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Leopold Katzenstein (July 23, 1843) Rhina (today Haunetal), former Kreis Hünfeld, Hessen, Germany – December 4, 1915 New York City) was a Naval Architect and Marine engineer and the head of the firm of Leopold Katzenstein & Co..[1]
Katzenstein immigrated to the United States between 1868–1869 and founded L Katzenstein & Sons at 358 West Street in New York City.[2] His company were general machinists and sold engineer’s supplies including flexible tubular metallic packing for slipjoints and on steam pipes and highest grade anti-friction metal for bearings. He was also a successful inventor who held a number of patents; among others these included: -
- Improvement In Packing, US Pat. No. 105,462[3] dated 19 July 1870.
- Metallic Packing For Piston-Rods &c., US Pat. No. 228,200[4] dated 1 June 1880.
- Metallic Rod-Packing, US Pat. No. 267,750[5] dated 21 November 1882.
- Rod-Packing, US Pat. No. 301,998[6] dated 15 July 1884.
- Water-Tight Bulkhead-Door, US Pat. No. 432,070[7] dated 15 July 1890.
- Stuffing-Box, US Pat. No. 538,681[8] dated 7 May 1895.
- Water-Tight Bulkhead-Door, US Pat. No. 539,953[9] dated 28 May 1895.
Katzenstein married Sarah Hecht whose uncle Samuel Hecht, Jr founded Hecht's in Baltimore. Katzenstein was one of the founders of Temple Israel NYC,.[10] He was a member of the Society of Naval Architects, the Society of Marine Engineers, the Railroad Club, the Society of Naval Engineers of Washington, D. C.; the Technischer Verein of Germany, and a number of charitable organizations.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Obituary in the New York Times, dd. December 4th, 1915 (PDF)
- ^ "L . KATZENSTEIN & CO". Flickr. May 1979.
- ^ "Patent US105462 - Leopold katzenstein". google.com.
- ^ "Patent US228200 - Leopold katzenstein". google.com.
- ^ "Patent US267750 - Leopold katzenstein". google.com.
- ^ "Patent US301998 - Rod packing". google.com.
- ^ "Patent US432070 - paterson". google.com.
- ^ "Patent US538681 - Leopold katzenstein". google.com.
- ^ "Patent US539953 - katzenstein". google.com.
- ^ "Temple Israel of the City of New York : About the Temple". Archived from the original on 2010-09-25. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- ^ "Transactions". google.com. 1915.