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Springfield with Stein Adjustable Water Feed LSide.JPG - SPRINGFIELD LAMP WITH STEIN PATENTED ADJUSTABLE WATER FEED - Hard to find brass lamp, ca. 1920, marked on top in raised letters THE SPRINGFIELD LAMP, PAT’D 12-9-13, OTHERS PEND’G, with original ringed base and original form fitting reflector with rolled edge, rolled tank flange edge, original felt retainer, and Stein patented adjustable water feed; note that lamp was not made with cap braces; manufactured by the Meyer Stein Mfg. Co. 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 was awarded as #45,028 on Dec. 9, 1913 for what is Stein's earliest lamp. The "Pat. Apl'd For" marked lamp based on Stein's patent is shown elsewhere in the pics. In 1915, the Meyer Stein Mfg. Co. was established in Springfield, IL to manufacture this lamp. 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 here evolved from earlier Stein models 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 rare Springfield lamps as shown here. This patent, Stein’s third, was awarded as patent No. 1,376,654 for an adjustable water feed on May 3, 1921 (filed October 14, 1919). 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; see Stein's Adjustable Water Feed Patent in following pic)

Springfield with Stein Adjustable Water Feed LSide | SPRINGFIELD LAMP WITH STEIN PATENTED ADJUSTABLE WATER FEED - Hard to find brass lamp, ca. 1920, marked on top in raised letters THE SPRINGFIELD LAMP, PAT’D 12-9-13, OTHERS PEND’G, with original ringed base and original form fitting reflector with rolled edge, rolled tank flange edge, original felt retainer, and Stein patented adjustable water feed; note that lamp was not made with cap braces; manufactured by the Meyer Stein Mfg. Co. 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 was awarded as #45,028 on Dec. 9, 1913 for what is Stein's earliest lamp. The "Pat. Apl'd For" marked lamp based on Stein's patent is shown elsewhere in the pics. In 1915, the Meyer Stein Mfg. Co. was established in Springfield, IL to manufacture this lamp. 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 here evolved from earlier Stein models 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 rare Springfield lamps as shown here. This patent, Stein’s third, was awarded as patent No. 1,376,654 for an adjustable water feed on May 3, 1921 (filed October 14, 1919). 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; see Stein's Adjustable Water Feed Patent in following pic)

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