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Springfield PAF Bottom.JPG - STEIN PAF BOTTOM - Rare brass lamp, ca. 1912, marked on top PAT. APL'D FOR, hook penetrates the water tank and is soldered inside, tinned steel push-on reflector; note that lamp was not made with cap braces; manufactured by Meyer Stein in Springfield, IL (Meyer Stein filed for a lamp design patent July 2, 1913 while working out of his father's clothing store to repair miner's carbide lamps. The patent as shown in the following pic was awarded as #45,028 on Dec. 9, 1913 for what is Stein's earliest lamp. Two almost identical pre-patent lamps were made by Stein prior to the patent issue date of Dec. 9, 1913. The only difference between these two lamps is the stamping on top. As shown here, this lamp is marked "Pat. Apl'd For" and the other is marked "S & S Pat. Apl'd For." Both are very rare lamps. In 1915, the Meyer Stein Mfg. Co. was established in Springfield, IL. Stein's propensity to copy key features of other patented lamps from other manufacturers got him in trouble through infringement suits. The Springfield lamp shown elsewhere in the pics evolved from this earlier Stein model and was produced at the Springfield plant. After Stein's service in World War I, he returned to the lamp business with his father Philip with a new business name, the Stein Mfg. Co. He had filed a patent for an adjustable water control lever following the war that is occasionally found on Springfield lamps. In 1922, Meyer Stein sold this patent to Ben Williamson, founder of the Ashmead Mfg. Co. , that was used in the Elkhorn and Buddy lamps manufactured by Williamson. In fact, Stein was hired as the chief designer for these lamps. The Stein Mfg. Co. continued off and on in business until 1937 when all operations ceased and the company went out of business. See Thorpe, Carbide Light, pp 89-93 and Thorpe, Mining Artifact Collector #8, pp 3-6) SEE THE 1913 STEIN PATENT IN THE FOLLOWING PIC

Springfield PAF Bottom | STEIN PAF BOTTOM - Rare brass lamp, ca. 1912, marked on top PAT. APL'D FOR, hook penetrates the water tank and is soldered inside, tinned steel push-on reflector; note that lamp was not made with cap braces; manufactured by Meyer Stein in Springfield, IL (Meyer Stein filed for a lamp design patent July 2, 1913 while working out of his father's clothing store to repair miner's carbide lamps. The patent as shown in the following pic was awarded as #45,028 on Dec. 9, 1913 for what is Stein's earliest lamp. Two almost identical pre-patent lamps were made by Stein prior to the patent issue date of Dec. 9, 1913. The only difference between these two lamps is the stamping on top. As shown here, this lamp is marked "Pat. Apl'd For" and the other is marked "S & S Pat. Apl'd For." Both are very rare lamps. In 1915, the Meyer Stein Mfg. Co. was established in Springfield, IL. Stein's propensity to copy key features of other patented lamps from other manufacturers got him in trouble through infringement suits. The Springfield lamp shown elsewhere in the pics evolved from this earlier Stein model and was produced at the Springfield plant. After Stein's service in World War I, he returned to the lamp business with his father Philip with a new business name, the Stein Mfg. Co. He had filed a patent for an adjustable water control lever following the war that is occasionally found on Springfield lamps. In 1922, Meyer Stein sold this patent to Ben Williamson, founder of the Ashmead Mfg. Co. , that was used in the Elkhorn and Buddy lamps manufactured by Williamson. In fact, Stein was hired as the chief designer for these lamps. The Stein Mfg. Co. continued off and on in business until 1937 when all operations ceased and the company went out of business. See Thorpe, Carbide Light, pp 89-93 and Thorpe, Mining Artifact Collector #8, pp 3-6) SEE THE 1913 STEIN PATENT IN THE FOLLOWING PIC

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