Lufkin (brand)
Lufkin is a brand featuring primarily measurement tools such as calipers, gauges, micrometers, and measuring tapes. Lufkin is currently a brand of Cooper Industries.
History
The company was founded by Edward Taylor Lufkin, an American Civil War veteran of the Sixtieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry[2] in Cleveland, Ohio 1869[1] and was originally named E.T. Lufkin Board and Log Rule Manufacturing Company.
The company was acquired in 1967 by Cooper Industries.[3]
Innovations
Throughout its history Lufkin patented a variety of devices and manufacturing processes.
- US 149321, Lufkin, Edward Taylor, "Improvement in Board Measures", issued April 7, 1874
- US 272279, Lufkin, Edward Taylor, "Headed Lumber Rule", issued Feb 13, 1883
- US 272892, Lufkin, Edward Taylor, "Machine for forming and dressing lumber-rules", issued February 27, 1883
References
- ^ a b "(advertisement)". Popular Science (Bonnier Corporation) 171 (3): 221. September 1957. ISSN 0161-7370. http://books.google.com/?id=Ci0DAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA2&pg=PA221
- ^ History of Lorain County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia: Williams Brothers. 1879. p. 96. OCLC 54440022. http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Lorain/LorainCXVIP90.htm
- ^ Hoover's Handbook of American Business (5th ed.). Austin, Texas: Hoover's Business Press. 1995. p. 394. ISBN 9781878753656
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