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Missing Hood Ornament for 1929????
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Came across this on ebay:
Oct. 30 1928.
Des.
F. C. RUPPEL
RADIATOR GAP
Filed Dec. 8 1927
Patented Oct. 30 1928. Des.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
FREDERICK C. RUPPEL OF GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN ASSIGNOR TO HUDSON MOTOR
CAR COMPANY OF DETROIT MICHIGAN A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.
DESIGN FOR A RADIATOR CAP.
Application filed December 8 1927. Serial No. 24412. Term of patent 14 years.
To all wham it may concern;
Be it known that I FREDERICK C. RUPPEL
a citizen of the United States residing at Grand Rapids in the county of Pent State of Michigan have invented a new original and ornamental Design for a Radiator Cap of which the following is a specification reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part thereof.
In the drawing;
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a radiator cap showing my new design.
Fig. 2 is a fragmentary showing of a rear elevation.
Fig. 3 is a front elevation.
I claim :
The ornamental design for a radiator cap substantially as shown.
FREDERICP C. RUPPEL.
http://cgi.ebay.com/1928-RUPPEL-Radiator-Cap-Ornament-HUDSON-Patent-17102_W0QQitemZ120141628203QQihZ002QQcategoryZ14025QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemAaron Cooper
1917 Hudson 7-Pass Touring
1929 Hudson Town Sedan
1946/7 Hudson Pickup
1951 Hudson Hornet 2dr Hardtop -
Looks clearly like they are the drawings for the '28 Essex radiator cap to me.
Alistair -
I do a lot of patent research, and a while back, google made it real easy to search patents. NEVER buy a patent like this from anyone on eBay. DO a google search (look under the "more" tab, choose "patents") and search there.....
easy to find volumes of items.
here's a link to the patent. Print it out, save $12
28 essex radiator cap patent