{"id":51299,"date":"2019-11-27T02:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T07:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=51299"},"modified":"2020-03-30T19:02:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T23:02:42","slug":"john-browning-vs-hiram-maxim-patent-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2019\/11\/27\/john-browning-vs-hiram-maxim-patent-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"John Browning vs Hiram Maxim: Patent Fight!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A85S8u7L4j8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Forgotten Weapons<br \/>\nPublished on 25 Sep 2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;v=A85S8u7L4j8&#038;redir_token=l2tRQ3cffyBaVVP-5dGHsXYoRbx8MTU2OTUwMTQzOUAxNTY5NDE1MDM5&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.bbtv.com%2Fcollections%2Fforgotten-weapons\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forg&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When John Browning designed his Model 1895 machine gun with its rotary-lever gas operation system, Hiram Maxim filed suit claiming patent infringement. Maxim had filed quite broad patents covering gas pistons operation, but specifically in a linear format. Browning and Colt (who had the license to manufacture the Model 1895 machine gun) countered that the swinging lever was a different system, and thus not covered by Maxim&#8217;s patents. More to the point, they claimed that the gun would work without using a gas piston at all &#8211; and built this experimental model using a gas trap or muzzle cap system instead to prove the point.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the genesis of the fight was moot (the Maxim did not run well in 6mm Lee Navy, and would not have won a US Navy contract regardless of the Colt\/Browning gun), and the court ultimately decided in favor of Colt and Browning. But this gun remains from the incident&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nForgotten Weapons<br \/>\n6281 N. 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