Loftus Perkins
Loftus Perkins ( born May 8, 1834 in London, † April 27, 1891 in Kilburn ) was a British mechanical engineer and inventor in the field of heating and cooling technology.
Life
Loftus Perkins was born in 1834 in the Great Corham Street, Russell Square, London, the son of Angier March Perkins. He married in 1866 Emily Patton (* 1838 in New York). They had two sons: Loftus Patton Perkins (* 1868, † 1940) and Ludlow Patton Perkins (* 1873, † 1928). Loftus Perkins died in 1891 in the 148, Abbey Road, Kilburn, London and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.
Work
Of particular importance was his 1865 patented invention of the stopped- end steam tube that baking bread much easier to use in the steam oven in bakeries.
His other inventions included:
- Polly Perkins - a mobile steam oven for the British Army
- Tractors steam-powered
- The Anthracite - a yacht (70 tons ) with steam drive
- Express - a steamboat (50 m)
- Arktos - a cooling device for food ( 1888)
Honors and offices
- Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1861