Leopold Katzenstein

Leopold Katzenstein (July 23, 1843) Rhina (today Haunetal), former Kreis Hünfeld, Hessen, Germany – December 4, 1915 New York City) was a Naval Architect and Marine engineer and the head of the firm of Leopold Katzenstein & Co..[1]

Katzenstein immigrated to the United States between 1868–1869 and founded L Katzenstein & Sons at 358 West Street in New York City.[2] His company were general machinists and sold engineer’s supplies including flexible tubular metallic packing for slipjoints and on steam pipes and highest grade anti-friction metal for bearings. He was also a successful inventor who held a number of patents; among others these included: -

  • Improvement In Packing, US Pat. No. 105,462[3] dated 19 July 1870.
  • Metallic Packing For Piston-Rods &c., US Pat. No. 228,200[4] dated 1 June 1880.
  • Metallic Rod-Packing, US Pat. No. 267,750[5] dated 21 November 1882.
  • Rod-Packing, US Pat. No. 301,998[6] dated 15 July 1884.
  • Water-Tight Bulkhead-Door, US Pat. No. 432,070[7] dated 15 July 1890.
  • Stuffing-Box, US Pat. No. 538,681[8] dated 7 May 1895.
  • Water-Tight Bulkhead-Door, US Pat. No. 539,953[9] dated 28 May 1895.

Katzenstein married Sarah Hecht whose uncle Samuel Hecht, Jr founded Hecht's in Baltimore. Katzenstein was one of the founders of Temple Israel NYC,.[10] He was a member of the Society of Naval Architects, the Society of Marine Engineers, the Railroad Club, the Society of Naval Engineers of Washington, D. C.; the Technischer Verein of Germany, and a number of charitable organizations.[11]

References
  1. Obituary in the New York Times, dd. December 4th, 1915 (PDF)
  2. "L . KATZENSTEIN & CO". Flickr.
  3. "Patent US105462 - Leopold katzenstein". google.com.
  4. "Patent US228200 - Leopold katzenstein". google.com.
  5. "Patent US267750 - Leopold katzenstein". google.com.
  6. "Patent US301998 - Rod packing". google.com.
  7. "Patent US432070 - paterson". google.com.
  8. "Patent US538681 - Leopold katzenstein". google.com.
  9. "Patent US539953 - katzenstein". google.com.
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-25. Retrieved 2010-02-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. "Transactions". google.com.
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