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AIRBRUSH PATENTS
ABNER PEELER'S 1882  AIRBRUSH PATENT

The Airbrush Patents

     We have collected approximately 325 patents pertaining to airbrushes. The following pages highlight some of the more important and unique patents. A NOTE ABOUT PATENTS:

Abner Peelers 1882 Patent  - The first airbrush.

Liberty Walkup's 1883 Patent - Peeler and Walkup improve the original.

Walkup's 1884 Patent - Two important features  improve the design.
Walkup's 1885 Patent - Two more  features further improve the design.

Whipple's 1880 Patents - Walkup & Peeler weren't the only ones making airbrushes.
Charles Burdick's 1890 Patent - An odd & impractical design.
Burdick's 1892 Patent - The first internal mix airbrush.
Olaus Wold's 1896 Patent
Wold's 1897 Patent
Wold's 1900 Patent
Wold's 1904 Patent
Paasche's 1905 Patent - The first patent for the famous Paasche AB "Turbo."
Walkup's 1906 Patent
Paasche's 1907 Patent -  The Odd Handled AB "Turbo"
Paasches 1908 Patent - Paasche's first single action airbrush.
Odds & Ends - Oddball airbrushes that are different.

Airbrush History...

An Airbrush History Timeline. - Important dates in the history of the airbrush.

The Inventors - Abner Peeler & Liberty Walkup, the inventor and the promoter. They're relationship brought about the first airbrush and it's success.

The Inside Story - Mr. Burdick, meet Mr. Bernoulli. The "internal mix" airbrush is born.

The Chicago Gang - An Englishman and three Norwegians redefine the airbrush.

Part 1 - Thayer & Chandler make Chicago the airbrush capital of the world.

Part 2 - Olaus "O. C." Wold starts out on his own.

Part 3 - Jens Paasche opens the Paasche Airbrush Co. in chicago and becomes the most recognizable name in airbrush history.

NEW!  Airbrush Literature  - Excerpts from various ads and old catalogs
NEW!  Rainbow Spray - The quest for an airbrush that will spray the rainbow!
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