In 1922, there was an article in the then-fairly new Journal Patent Office Society referring to "crank inventors." What could this article, written by a former patent examiner, actually have been referring to?
INVENTORS OF CRANKSHAFT PATENTS?
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| Historical Lead Crankshaft Inventors (Patent Volume Total), By Inventor)(1999-2018) |
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| Lrsd Crankshaft Inventors (Patent Volume 2011-2015) |
CRANKSHAFT PATENTS?
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| Patent Applications By Application Year For Crankshafts (1999-2018) |
CRANKSHAFT'S, IN GENERAL:
NOPE-
IT MEANT EXACTLY WHAT YOU THOUGHT!
No matter how many crank inventors there are, it cannot be denied that the civilization of a people today can be measured by the inventions that are made by that people. The wealth of the community can be more directly traced to the inventor who multiplies the labor that can be performed by the laborer than to the laborer himself, and whatever policy discourages or destroys the inventor will result disastrously to the community, whether that policy be Bolshevism or unwise tax laws.
F. O. RICHEY (Former Assistant Examiner), THE INVENTOR AND THE EXCESS PROFITS LAW, 2 J. Pat. Off. Society 593-599 (1922)(emphasis added).
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