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Otto A. Langos and Sons
UNITED STATES PATENTS
Page 1, 1904 to 1935
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Following is a list of 35 Langos and Sons Patents:
(See highlights from each of these patents below)
OTTO A. LANGOS (25) US Patents -
752,015 SWITCH, February 9, 1904
1,004,043 AUTOMATIC AIR TORPEDO, September 26,1911
1,051,095 MACHINE FOR APPLYING STAYS TO METAL TUBES, 1913
1,220,242 AUTOMATIC AIR TORPEDO(Improvements) March 27, 1917
1,334,867 TOY, March 23, 1920
1,448,754 CURLING IRON, March 20, 1923
1,470,106 WIRE BENDING MACHINE, October 9, 1923
1,600,826 ELECTRIC-RESISTANCE-ELEMENT MACHINE, Sept.
21, 1926
1,767,802 TABLE COOKER, June 24, 1930
1,821,184 MUSICAL TOY, September 1, 1931
1,930,450 TOY, October 10, 1933
2,008,915 VEST POCKET FLASHLIGHT, July 23, 1935
2,058,241 TOY, October 20, 1936
D102,382 DESIGN FOR A TOY GUN, December 15, 1936
2,083,535 TOY, June 8, 1937
D110,750 PAPER BURSTER TOY, August 2, 1938
2,179,662 PAPER BURSTER TOY, November 14, 1939
2,265,606 PAPER HOLDER FOR A PAPER BREAKER GUN, Dec.9, 1941
2,317,539 CURLER SPINDLE FOR HAIR WAVER, April 27,1943
2,355,595 PAPER BREAKING GUN, August 8, 1944
2,421,629 METHOD FOR CLOSING THE END OF A TUBE, June 3, 1947
D153,621 LAWN SPRINKLER, May 3, 1949
2,490,991 SELF-FEEDING PAPER BURSTING GUN, December 13, 1949
D156,438 TOY GUN, December 13, 1949
Re.D23,386 SELF-FEED PAPER BURSTING GUN, Reissued July 3, 1951
Son, OTTO E. LANGOS US Patents -
2,634,548 TOY PAPER BURSTER SIX-SHOOTER April 14,1953
2,734,190 JEWEL SETTING TOOL February 14, 1956
Son, ALFRED F. LANGOS US Patents -
2,590,187 COMBO TOY GUN HOLSTER AND PACKAGE March 25, 1952
2,634,549 SELF FEEDING PAPER BURSTER GUN, April 14, 1953
2,634,550 LOW-PRESSURE PAPER BURSTER GUN April 14, 1953
2,641,868 PAPER BURSTER TOY GUN JUNE 16, 1953
Son, HAROLD L. LANGOS US Patents -
2,637,941 PAPER BURSTER GUN May 12,1953
Foreign Patents Include -
470,772 Canada Jan. 9, 1951(SUPER NU-MATIC Jr.)
376,006 Canada (SUPER DEFENSE GUN)
481,162 Great Britain (SUPER DEFENSE GUN)
Please Note: We show only small, highlight portions from each
patent, below. To see any of these patents complete, follow the easy instructions at
the bottom of this page.
Believe it or not, if we showed every page of each
patent listed there would be about 200 full pages of images and text, enough to make a book!
Wow - 1904 brings the first US Patent issued to
inventor Otto Langos, and it's no toy! He is a co-inventor to a railroad track switch
that allows track switching from a moving train. Before this invention, a train had to stop so a person could get
out and manually switch the track over by pulling a lever. This invention made railroad travel much faster, and more efficient.
We can only imagine what the story is behind this incredible achievement, at age 27 years
old. Also notice that he is not yet a US citizen, and is still a "subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary" as the patent
reads.
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1911 brings the 1st Paper Buster patent of Inventor Otto
A. Langos.
It marks the beginning of the Paper Buster toy era that would
last for 50 years!
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Read the title area to learn that Otto earned money on this 1917 patent
by selling the rights to it, indicated by the words 'Assignor To'.
Also read the first paragraph to learn that he is now a citizen
of the United States.
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Interestingly, Otto sold only 'three-fourths' of this 1920 invention, which gives
him rights to keep working with it. Nice move..
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Again, this one is no toy. Read the first paragraph to see that this patent was used to make some of the first electric "Curling
Irons or other electric heat devices" as the patent reads. Who would have thought.
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Eggs Anyone?
Can you figure out how this TABLE TOP COOKER Patent relates to the one
above?
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This MUSICAL TOY Patent is a reflection of Otto's first passion
and profession of teaching music in his homeland of Hungry.
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The incredible significance of this patent is explained in the 1st and
2nd paragraph of the description.
In short, Otto invented the winding mechanism that allows toy cars to propel themselves
forward by giving them a few rolls backwards, and then letting them go.
It marks the beginning of the end for key wound
toys.
* The likes of this toy can still be purchased today in any toy
store, over 70 years later.
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Another remarkable invention is this thumb activated flashlight switch.
Again, the likes of this invention can still be purchased in stores today.
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Viewing entire patents is now easier then ever thanks to Google Patent
Search. Simply type the words Otto Langos
and click search. This will bring up a 4 page list of Langos patents which you then just click
on to see. One tip we have for you: in the upper right hand corner of the list page, click on "Sort by date
(old first.)" This will put the first Langos patent at the top of the page for you.
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