Tiesing, Frank W.

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Tiesing, Frank W.		New Haven	Connecticut	1869	1881
Tiesing, Frank W.		Boston	Massachusetts	1883

Patent	Date	Remarks
93,149	July 27, 1869	Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms, Eli Whitney, C. Gerner and F. Tiesing view patent
113,470	April 4, 1871	Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms, Tiesing and Charles Gerner view patent
114,230	April 25, 1871	Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms, Tiesing and Charles Gerner view patent
129,637	July 16, 1872	Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms, Eli Whitney and Frank Tiesing view patent
191,196	May 22, 1877	Improvement in Magazine Fire-Arms Patent drawing Patent drawing 2nd page Patent drawing 3rd page Patent drawing 4th page Specification 1st page Specification 2nd page Specification 3rd page
191,197	May 22, 1877	Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms, assigned to Eli Whitney Patent drawing Patent drawing 2nd page Specification 1st page Specification 2nd page
193,574	July 24, 1877	Improvement in Magazine Fire-Arms view patent
204,863	June 11, 1878	Improvement in Magazine Fire-Arms Patent drawing Specification 1st page Specification 2nd page Specification 3rd page
206,367	July 23, 1878	Improvement in Magazine Fire-Arms Patent drawing Patent drawing 2nd page Patent drawing 3rd page Specification 1st page Specification 2nd page
208,128	September 17, 1878	Improvement in Magazine Fire-Arms Patent drawing Patent drawing 2nd page Patent drawing 3rd page Patent drawing 4th page Specification 1st page Specification 2nd page
218,462	August 12, 1879	Improvement in Magazine-Guns, Tiesing and Samuel V. Kennedy view patent
222,749	December 16, 1879	Improvement in Magazine Fire-Arm Patent drawing Specification 1st page Specification 2nd page
225,664	March 16, 1880 with W. and Samuel V. Kennedy, assigned to Eli Whitney	Magazine Fire-Arms view patent
226,809	April 20, 1880	Magazine Fire-Arms Patent drawing Patent drawing 2nd page Specification 1st page Specification 2nd page
235,829	December 21, 1880 with Samuel V. Kennedy	Magazine Fire-Arms view patent
????	December 31, 1880 with Samuel V. Kennedy	Bolt-action rifle with protruding five-shot magazine I am still searching for this patent
238,988	March 15, 1881	Magazine Fire-Arm view patent

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Tiesings patents were exploited by Eli Whitney Tiesing submitted a Magazine Rfile to the Board of 1878 but the gun did not conviced. It seems that at least one rifle was made by Frank W. Tiesing. It should prove his skills assigned as a gunsmith. This rifle rememberd a Winchester 1873 patern in .44-40 caliber but without the loading gate. Instead the gun was reloaded by using the loading lift when the lever was closed. Furthermore, the dust cover was integrated into the frame (patent no. 191,196). In fact, this gun differs to the Winchester 1873 only by the dust cover, the cartridge lever and the support for the firing pin. It is believed that this gun was made in 1877, maybe as pattern for the patent office. It was the personal gun of Frank W. Tiesing and had no serial number. frame-right dust-cover Unfortunately, I was not able to get full pictures of that gun. His skilles as a gunsmith allowed him to be employed by Whitney Arms Company where he was charged in the developement of the Whitney-Kennedy lever action rifle and others. Apparently, Eli Whitney Jr., searched for a skill person not only to support Samuel V. Kennedy, who was leading the projet to build a lever action rifle but also to be able to secure their solutions by patents. Frank W. Tiesing was engaged in the Shollhorn & Tiesing Manufacturing Co., New Haven. The operated in coach, tools, hardware and specialities. At least one of Tiesings patent (I do not show it, e.g. 243,006 and 239,201 assignor to the Shollhorn & Tiesing Manufacturing Company) was for coaches.

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Tiesings patents were exploited by Eli Whitney

Tiesing submitted a Magazine Rfile to the Board of 1878 but the gun did not conviced.

It seems that at least one rifle was made by Frank W. Tiesing. It should prove his skills assigned as a gunsmith. This rifle rememberd a Winchester 1873 patern in .44-40 caliber but without the loading gate. Instead the gun was reloaded by using the loading lift when the lever was closed. Furthermore, the dust cover was integrated into the frame (patent no. 191,196). In fact, this gun differs to the Winchester 1873 only by the dust cover, the cartridge lever and the support for the firing pin. It is believed that this gun was made in 1877, maybe as pattern for the patent office. It was the personal gun of Frank W. Tiesing and had no serial number.

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dust-cover

Unfortunately, I was not able to get full pictures of that gun.

His skilles as a gunsmith allowed him to be employed by Whitney Arms Company where he was charged in the developement of the Whitney-Kennedy lever action rifle and others. Apparently, Eli Whitney Jr., searched for a skill person not only to support Samuel V. Kennedy, who was leading the projet to build a lever action rifle but also to be able to secure their solutions by patents.

Frank W. Tiesing was engaged in the Shollhorn & Tiesing Manufacturing Co., New Haven. The operated in coach, tools, hardware and specialities. At least one of Tiesings patent (I do not show it, e.g. 243,006 and 239,201 assignor to the Shollhorn & Tiesing Manufacturing Company) was for coaches.