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By Jay - In Northern Ca. on Monday, May 03, 2010 - 10:52 am:Here are three different vintages of the Hudson repair arm. The thicker beefy set have a 1918 patent and the thinner set have a 1921 patent date. The single unit is also a heavy casting and only has "MOTOR SUPPORT ARM" printed on it and nothing else. Looks like they found out that the extra metal used in the first ones was not really needed.
By Jay - In Northern Ca. on Monday, May 03, 2010 - 11:12 am:Here's an ad for these that I forgot to post with the pictures.
By A.J. "Art" Bell on Monday, May 03, 2010 - 02:25 pm:Hi All
Patents with involvement in the crank-case support.
Some of the changes or improvements were required to
accommodate the ‘self-starter’.
This patent is referenced to in patent #1371622
Anthony Gerosa – New York, N.Y.
Assignor to Motor Development Co. Chicago
Lug for Power-Plant Support for Motor-Vehicles
Patent number: 1263879
Filing date: May 9, 1917
Issue date: Apr 23, 1918
http://tinyurl.com/2cxh4aj
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2cxh4aj
A.G. Jackson – Philadelphia, Pa.
Crank-Case Reinforcement or Repair Arm
Patent number: 1332840
Filing date: Jul 29, 1918
Issue date: Mar 2, 1920
http://tinyurl.com/28zrxx9
http://preview.tinyurl.com/28zrxx9
William F. Hudson – Philadelphia, Pa.
Crank-Case Repair-Arm
Patent number: 1371622
Filing date: Oct 28, 1919
Issue date: Mar 15, 1921
http://tinyurl.com/2fnqrkf
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2fnqrkf
(The issue date for this “Design” patent is incorrect on Jay’s ad copy -
Jan 21, 1921 is a Friday – Patents are always issued on a Tuesday)
William F. Hudson – Philadelphia, Pa.
Design for a Crank-Case Repair Arm
Patent number: D57047
Filing date: Nov 22, 1919
Issue date: Feb 1, 1921
http://tinyurl.com/24goks2
http://preview.tinyurl.com/24goks2
Regards
Art
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