Legal Documents Pertaining To Marbles

[Steph]

I'm starting a loose conglomeration of references. As of now it's a loose conglomeration. Maybe someday it will take on some order. But I'd hate anyone else who might find the links useful to have to wait until I can figure out what all of their ramifications are.

Please feel free to add links or comments. Whenever it strikes your fancy. (It'll probably go over to the study hall but I wanted to check here to see if there's any interest.)

Here's one I think I've heard a little about, read a little about at some point in the past, want to read more about. I think it may have pivotal in the history of marble making. (edit: or at least it might have leads to pivotal stuff??)

HAZEL-ATLAS GLASS CO. V HARTFORD-EMPIRE CO., 322 U. S. 238 (1944)

http://supreme.justia.com/us/322/238/case.html

Another great resource is the U.S. Patent Office. For instance today I was over at their site looking at Patent #1,828,216. The Barker gob feeder patent, which I think is the one for Akro's corkscrew machine. Or something like that. (hey, it's mechanical. I always feel shaky about mechanical things.) Actually, this is what got me googling for Hartford-Empire, and so it's the reason I found the court case above. But again, I'm not sure how it's all connected.

A couple of screenshots from the 14 page patent:

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If you know a patent number, here's a direct link to a page to enter it to pull up the drawings and such. http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm

I don't know if this site has all the patents but it has a lot and I think it may be easier to save the files: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/

Mustn't forget about the Gropper court case Roger found a while ago. Here's that thread: Misleading Naming Of Marbles, (didn't start with eBay)

[knuckledown]

I found this interesting. Having a newly aquired appreciation of marbles I had to start with how they were made.

I find machinery pretty interesting as a testament to imagination.

[knuckledown]

I meant to post this link in my last. (hope I did it correctly)

http://www.akronmarbles.com/us_marble_patents.htm

[Steph]

Patent #1828226

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEEDING GLASS CHARGES OF DIFFERENT COLORS, patented Oct. 20, 1931 (filed Oct. 15, 1927)

http://www.google.com/patents?id=rvBDAAAAEBAJ&dq=1828226

Awarded to Everett O. Hiller, of Hartford, Connecticut, assignor to Hartford-Empire Company, of Hartford, Connecticut, a corporation of Delaware

Opening text:

My invention relates to to apparatus for and methods of feeding molten glass and is particularly adapted for use in the manufacture of toy marbles or other objects wherein glass of several different colors are embodied.

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