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. http://www.templeisraelnyc.org/about-the-temple.html
11. "Transactions". google.com.