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Oscar Ulysses Zerk (1878-1968) - Find A Grave Memorial
Engineer and inventor, the son of Flora and Bernard Zerk, a textile merchant in the former Austro-Hungarian empire. Zerk's surname is permanently attached to the check-valve lubrication fitting known worldwide as the "Zerk fitting".
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He did, however, patent some 300 other inventions during his 90-year life, a remarkable record.
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He also is credited with designing and patenting stamped metal wheels and wheel covers for autos which, in the 1920s, offered a stylish alternative to wooden artillery wheels and wire wheels. He also devised a type of non-skid vehicular brakes.
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Zerk was in the worldwide press after a daring robbery at his opulent and art-filled Kenosha mansion...
Bruce
Oscar Ulysses Zerk (1878-1968) - Find A Grave Memorial
Engineer and inventor, the son of Flora and Bernard Zerk, a textile merchant in the former Austro-Hungarian empire. Zerk's surname is permanently attached to the check-valve lubrication fitting known worldwide as the "Zerk fitting".
...
He did, however, patent some 300 other inventions during his 90-year life, a remarkable record.
...
He also is credited with designing and patenting stamped metal wheels and wheel covers for autos which, in the 1920s, offered a stylish alternative to wooden artillery wheels and wire wheels. He also devised a type of non-skid vehicular brakes.
...
Zerk was in the worldwide press after a daring robbery at his opulent and art-filled Kenosha mansion...
Bruce
