✅ SOLVED "Protect ? and Canadians No 1968" Odd chunk of Iron

[Renaebri]

Found this earlier in an alley, it looks like it used to have a green color I could see when washing it. Might've said protect americans and canadians? Or protecting... I can't find anything on it.

 

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[Renaebri]

It's really buggin me... why canadians? this is in florida!

 

[Dzrt1st]

Just a guess but I think the text might have read “Protected by Canadian Patent No. 1968XX”. Unfortunately the last 2 or 3 digits are missing which would ID what it was from.

 

[Renaebri]

Thanks that's gotta be what's missing! I did find a patent No. 1968 for a sewing machine stand: https://www.ic.gc.ca/opic-cipo/cpd/...ry.html?type=number_search&tabs1Index=tabs1_1

Not sure though, I'll keep searching just in case, i'm curious how old it is now...

Edit: Actually it definitely says "and" before canadians, so maybe US and canadian patent?

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

My first thought was that it's part of the inside of an old iron cook stove.
We had a lot of stove manufactures here in the east over the years and they were often in competition with US patents.

Unfortunately, your find is missing most of the patent information that you need to complete your research.

Dave

 

[Renaebri]

Could definitely be that, I'll mark it solved but if I end up finding anything more I'll add it!