Heinrich Ortgies

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Heinrich Ortgies (* around 1870 near Jever , Lower Saxony ; † March 1937 ) was a German weapons designer and entrepreneur .

Life

Heinrich Ortgies was born as the son of a Frisian farmer near Jever. After completing a commercial apprenticeship, he went to London at the age of 21, and later worked for arms factories in Saint Petersburg, Russia, as well as in Baku and Tbilisi . With the beginning of the First World War he worked in the arms industry in Liège, Belgium , and became Turkish Vice Consul due to his business contacts in the Middle East .

Entrepreneurial activity

Heinrich Ortgies developed the Ortgies pistol named after him in 1916 and patented it on September 12, 1916. This self-loading pistol was considered a successful draft in a modern design at the time, was also very well made and inexpensive. In 1919 he founded the company H. Ortgies & Co. in Erfurt and produced around 15,000 pistols in calibers 6.35 and 7.65 mm by 1921 . Since his factory was unable to meet the growing demand and Deutsche Werke AG had an attractive offer for his company, which was flourishing during the economic crisis, he sold his factory's patent , brand name, tools and machines to Deutsche-Werke in 1921 AG Erfurt . Around 431,000 Ortgies pistols in calibers 6.35, 7.65 and 9 mm were produced here until 1924, many of which were exported to North, Central and South America.

Other patents

Ortgies registered several patents for technical details of his pistol in Germany, Belgium, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Great Britain and the United States.

  • German patent No. 307635 (July 3, 1916), (Belgian patent 272251, US patent 1.403.705, British patent 146422)
  • Belgian patent No. 272249 (May 10, 1917) for the execution of the slide dismantling
  • Belgian Patent No. 272250 (May 10, 1917), (US Patent 1386197)
  • Belgian patent No. 272252 (May 10, 1917) for the execution for attaching the handles
  • Belgian patent No. 272253 (May 10, 1917), (Austrian patent 79155)
  • Belgian patent No. 272254 (May 10, 1917) for the implementation of the magazine locking
  • German Patent No. 349063 (June 27, 1918), (US Patent 1382313, British Patent 146423, Swiss Patent 97083, Austrian Patent 79211)
  • German patent No. 319693 (September 27, 1918) for the execution for fastening the handle shells (US patent 1399224, British patent 146424)
  • German patent No. 347573 (June 3, 1920), (Austrian patent 79151)
  • German Patent No. 393629 (April 9, 1921), (US Patent 1437543, British Patent 178102)
  • United States Patent US1382313 (June 21, 1921)
  • United States Patent US1386197 (August 2, 1921)

literature

  • H.-J. Tillig: Ortgies-Pistolen , Deutsches Waffenjournal, pp. 181-185, 1985

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ed Buffaloe and Stefan Klein: The Ortgies pistol, model 1920, detailed description. 2012, accessed April 5, 2013 .
  2. ↑ United States Patent US1382313. June 21, 1921, accessed April 5, 2013 .
  3. ↑ United States Patent US1386197. August 2, 1921, accessed April 5, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Ortgies, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German weapons designer and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH around 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH near Jever , Lower Saxony
DATE OF DEATH March 1937