Julius Wilhelm von Pittler

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Julius Wilhelm von Pittler (born June 21, 1854 in Kirschitten ( Preußisch Eylau district ), East Prussia (now Kiersity , Poland), † September 22, 1910 in London ) was a Prussian inventor and industrialist .

Life's work

When he was seven years old, his father, who was the chief hunter with Baron von Tettau at Gut Tolks, died. At this age, von Pittler showed an interest in technical things and built his first toys himself. The baron did not recognize this talent and gave him a gardening apprenticeship in Elbing . Because of his weak constitution, he was less used there for hard gardening and was able to test his talent for drawing. The then 20-year-old continued to work as an art gardener.

In 1876 he arrived in Leipzig and found a job in the Hütelschen flag factory as a freehand draftsman, where he designed and drew embroidery templates such as embroidery patterns, ornaments, garlands and monograms. In the process he got to know sewing and embroidery machines . In 1878 he went into business for himself with two of his own embroidery machines, which he technically improved. During this time he finally turned to the machines and left the drawing to the employees. He also built an automatic bag folding and gluing machine in an old locksmith's shop, which folded, glued and printed several thousand bags per hour, which he presented at the Altona trade and industry exhibition in 1879. In the following year he experimented with the gunpowder engine and a bus steam engine with an injection boiler, which he assembled into a steam bus with 20 seats. He applied for a patent for this omnibus steam engine on July 20, 1880 . 1880 was also the year of his second company founding in Leipzig - the "steam engine factory W. von Pittler, Elze & Co". The company existed until 1884.

In the following years he devoted himself to sewing and embroidery machines. In 1881 he constructed sewing and embroidery machines, which he built in series from 1886 to 1894 in Leipzig-Gohlis . In 1887, von Pittler invented the double stitch, sewing, embroidery and darning machine.

In 1888 he constructed a universal machine for metalworking with six possible uses and in 1889 founded the Invention machine factory , from which the Leipziger Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik AG emerged in 1895 . W. v. Pittler emerged with a share capital of 1.2 million gold marks. Further designs followed, such as the turret head machine in 1890, initially with six, since 1894 with 16 tool holes and in 1894 a swinging double support for the production of bicycle hubs and a hub lathe, and he designed numerous special machines up to 1900.

In 1897 he built a fluid transmission, patented in 1892, which made all shafts and gears superfluous, in a Benz Comfortable . This "hydromobile" caused a stir at the 1906 International Motor Show in Berlin .

Wilhelm Pittler left the Leipziger Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik AG in 1902 and then founded a pump factory in Berlin-Reinickendorf, and in 1904 the Hydromobil GmbH . In 1906 he constructed a semi-automatic machine for larger parts, but then considered the turret bank as complete. Wilhelm Pittler had registered 200 patents over the years.

In 1909 he moved to London , where he died a year later. His body was transferred to Leipzig and buried in a grave site acquired in 1892 in the Gohlis cemetery.

family

Wilhelm von Pittler had been married to Martha Albrecht since 1879. The marriage had a son and five daughters.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Online district magazine Leipzig-Gohlis: Wilhelm von Pittler - engineer, manufacturer. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  2. ^ A b Hans Christoph Graf von Seherr-Thoß:  Pittler, Julius Wilhelm von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 491 f. ( Digitized version ).
  3. ↑ Paul: The Art in Still , p. 43
  4. ↑ Ibid.
personal data
SURNAME Pittler, Julius Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian inventor and industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirschitten , Preussisch-Eylau district, East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1910
Place of death London