Leopold Katzenstein Explained

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. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/12/04/104658797.pdf Obituary in the New York Times, dd. December 4th, 1915 (PDF)
2. Web site: L . KATZENSTEIN & CO.. Flickr. May 1979 .
3. Web site: Patent US105462 - Leopold katzenstein. google.com.
4. Web site: Patent US228200 - Leopold katzenstein. google.com.
5. Web site: Patent US267750 - Leopold katzenstein. google.com.
6. Web site: Patent US301998 - Rod packing. google.com.
7. Web site: Patent US432070 - paterson. google.com.
8. Web site: Patent US538681 - Leopold katzenstein. google.com.
9. Web site: Patent US539953 - katzenstein. google.com.
10. Web site: Temple Israel of the City of New York : About the Temple . 2010-02-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100925032858/http://www.templeisraelnyc.org/about-the-temple.html . 2010-09-25 . dead .
11. Web site: Transactions. google.com. 1915.