{"id":7677,"date":"2019-09-25T12:24:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T12:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/25\/john-browning-vs-hiram-maxim-patent-fight\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T14:32:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T19:32:57","slug":"john-browning-vs-hiram-maxim-patent-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/25\/john-browning-vs-hiram-maxim-patent-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"John Browning vs Hiram Maxim: Patent Fight!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A85S8u7L4j8?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When John Browning designed his Model 1895 machine gun with it&#8217;s rotary-lever gas operation system, Hiram Maxim filed suit claiming patent infringement. Maxim had filed quite broad patents covering gas pistons operation, but specifically in a linear format. Browning and Colt (who had the license to manufacture the Model 1895 machine gun) countered that the swinging lever was a different system, and thus not covered by Maxim&#8217;s patents. More to the point, they claimed that the gun would work without using a gas piston at all &#8211; and built this experimental model using a gas trap or muzzle cap system instead to prove the point.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the genesis of the fight was moot (the Maxim did not run well in 6mm Lee Navy, and would not have won a US Navy contract regardless of the Colt\/Browning gun), and the court ultimately decided in favor of Colt and Browning. But this gun remains from the incident&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nForgotten Weapons<br \/>\n6281 N. 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