[SEL] Re: New Google Patent Search is Awesome

[Glenn Karch]

Arnie, and others,

That patent search is indeed awesome.  I found a couple things I always 
wanted to know about Kewanee engines.

How do you print it off?  I tried and only got part of  one  page and when I 
shrunk it, it was too small to read.

Glenn Karch
Hercules Historian
Haubstadt, Indiana, USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arnie Fero" <fero_ah at city-net.com>
To: "Stationary Engine List" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>; "Old Engine" 
<stationary-engine at oldengine.org>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 9:09 AM
Subject: New Google Patent Search is Awesome


> Hiya Folks,
>
> Ready for an early Christmas present?  Check THIS out...
> http://www.google.com/patents
>
> Google has a new patent search.  It includes ALL US patents, it can do
> date searches, text searches, and searches for inventor and assignee.
> Read the FAQ for more info.
> http://www.google.com/googlepatents/about.html#adv
>
> This looks like a boon for researching old engines and tools.  One thing I
> noticed is that their data entry has some glitches.  For example, 626155
> (Fithian's patent for the Bessemer half-breed) lists "GAS ENGINE" as the
> inventor.  However, a search on just "Fithian" did find the patent and a
> number of his other ones; for the clutch pulley for example.
>
> This should prove invaluable for tracing the evolution of key gas engine
> features.  A couple of my personal areas of interest are the evolution of
> the fuel feeder in the Middleditch / Detroit / Bessemer line of two-cycle
> engines and the fuel system found on the Waterloo & Robertsonville
> engines.  I can see a "lost weekend" coming up...
>
> BTW it found my 11 patents slicker 'n snot on a doorknob.  8-))
>
> Note also that it's a Beta Version, so I don't want to hear any whining if
> something doesn't work.  Tell Google.  8-))
>
> See ya,  Arnie
>
> Arnie Fero
> Pittsburgh, PA
> fero_ah at city-net.com
>
>
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