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Elijah McCoy

Oil cup

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See link to Elijah McCoy biography below photo.

Elijah McCoy - Oil cup

Elijah McCoy - Oil cup

USPTO

Elijah McCoy invented an improved oil cup and received patent 614,307 on 11/15/1898.

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