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	* The Marvelous Creations of Joseffy by David P. Abbott (1908)		* The Marvelous Creations of Joseffy by David P. Abbott (1908)
	* Joseffy by Carl Sandburg (promotional booklet) (1910)		* Joseffy by Carl Sandburg (promotional booklet) (1910)
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		+	== Patents ==
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		+	* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=1143045.PN.&OS=PN/1143045&RS=PN/1143045 1915: Patent 1,143,045 Focusing hood on camera]
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		+	* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=1330524.PN.&OS=PN/1330524&RS=PN/1330524 1920: Patent 1,330,524 Conveying machine, conveyor belt for packaging bottles, boxes]
		+	* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=1582922.PN.&OS=PN/1582922&RS=PN/1582922 1926: Patent 1,582,922 Rotary Pump]
		+	* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=1699058.PN.&OS=PN/1699058&RS=PN/1699058  1929: Patent 1,699,058 Electric cigar lighter with coil]
		+	* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=1870246.PN.&OS=PN/1870246&RS=PN/1870246 1932: Patent 1,870,246 Motor operated switch for high tension lines]
		+	* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=1197192.PN.&OS=PN/1197192&RS=PN/1197192 1934: Patent 1,197,192 Squeegee blade, especially for car windshields]
		+	* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=2184687.PN.&OS=PN/2184687&RS=PN/2184687 1939: Patent 2,184,687 Cigar capping device to keep cigar dry]
		+	* [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=2307882.PN.&OS=PN/2307882&RS=PN/2307882 1943: Patent 2,307,882 Food and beverage server, wire holder for plate and cup]
	== References ==		== References ==

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Joseffy
Born	March 3, 1873
Died	1946

Joseffy (1873-1946), born Josef (Joseph) P. Freud in Austria, built is own illusions and performed for many years in the Chautauqua circuit. He was also an expert electrician and machinist.

Biography

He performed on the Lyceum circuit starting around 1903. Joseffy emigrated to the United States in his 1920s as a locksmith. He eventually stopped performing and became an electrical engineer.

One of his mechanical creations was the talking Skull of Balsamo.

Being very secretive about his inventions, it's been stated that in his book, The Marvelous Creations of Joseffy by David P. Abbott (1908), he either faked the photographs or showed apparatus that he did not actually use in the tricks to mislead the readers to the genuine secrets.

Books

• The Marvelous Creations of Joseffy by David P. Abbott (1908)
• Joseffy by Carl Sandburg (promotional booklet) (1910)

Patents

• 1913: Patent 1,056,786 Mechanical parachute, an early version of "Japonette"
• 1914: Patent 1,121,178 Focusing bellows for camera (tension springs on lazytong joints)
• 1915: Patent 1,143,045 Focusing hood on camera
• 1916: Patent 1,200,602 Cleaning brush with scraping edge
• 1920: Patent 1,330,524 Conveying machine, conveyor belt for packaging bottles, boxes
• 1926: Patent 1,582,922 Rotary Pump
• 1929: Patent 1,699,058 Electric cigar lighter with coil
• 1932: Patent 1,870,246 Motor operated switch for high tension lines
• 1934: Patent 1,197,192 Squeegee blade, especially for car windshields
• 1939: Patent 2,184,687 Cigar capping device to keep cigar dry
• 1943: Patent 2,307,882 Food and beverage server, wire holder for plate and cup

References

This page incorporated content from Joseffy, a page hosted on Wikipedia. Please consult the history of the original page to see a list of its authors. Therefor, this article is also available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• The Marvelous Creations of Joseffy
• Chautauqua & Lyceum Magicians
• Who's who in the lyceum By Alfred Augustus Wright (1906)
• INSIGHTS INTO JOSEFFY by Jim Steinmeyer Magicol May 1997 No. 123