Francis Conrad Osborn Sr. (December 10, 1856 – May 25, 1927) was a teacher, businessman and
inventor. He held about 50
patents for
cash register designs, springless scales, and other devices.
After working for several years for
Ginn & Co., he settled in
Detroit, Michigan in 1889 to work on a design for a cash register. In 1891 he married
Laura A. Freele. They had three children.
Osborn organized several companies in Detroit, including: the Osborn Cash Register Co., Ltd. in 1896, which he sold out to the
National Cash Register Co. in 1900; the Standard Computing Scale Co., Ltd. in 1889, which produced devices he designed; the Perfection Hand Stamp Company in 1900,[2] which produced cancellation devices used in post offices in the US and Canada;[3] and the F.C. Osborn Co., which produced machinery for making cardboard tubing[4][5] and scales.
Some patents applied for and issued
All patents in the United States, except where noted:
Francis Conrad Osborn Sr. (December 10, 1856 – May 25, 1927) was a teacher, businessman and
inventor. He held about 50
patents for
cash register designs, springless scales, and other devices.
After working for several years for
Ginn & Co., he settled in
Detroit, Michigan in 1889 to work on a design for a cash register. In 1891 he married
Laura A. Freele. They had three children.
Osborn organized several companies in Detroit, including: the Osborn Cash Register Co., Ltd. in 1896, which he sold out to the
National Cash Register Co. in 1900; the Standard Computing Scale Co., Ltd. in 1889, which produced devices he designed; the Perfection Hand Stamp Company in 1900,[2] which produced cancellation devices used in post offices in the US and Canada;[3] and the F.C. Osborn Co., which produced machinery for making cardboard tubing[4][5] and scales.
Some patents applied for and issued
All patents in the United States, except where noted: