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Thomas Robins (inventor)

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Thomas Robins Jr.
Robins in 1915
Born(1868-09-01)September 1, 1868
DiedNovember 4, 1957(1957-11-04) (aged 89)
EducationPrinceton University
Known forConveyor belt
SpouseWinifred Hamilton Tucker
Parent(s)Thomas Robins, Sr.

Thomas Robins Jr. (September 1, 1868 – November 4, 1957) was an American inventor and manufacturer.[1]

Biography

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He was born on September 1, 1868, in West Point, New York to Thomas Robins Sr. He attended Princeton University.[2]

Career

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In 1891, Robins began work on a conveyor belt for carrying coal and ore for Thomas Edison and his Edison Ore-Milling Company in Ogdensburg, New Jersey.[3] His conveyor belt received the grand prize at the Paris Exposition in 1900, and first prizes at the Pan-American Exposition and Saint Louis Exposition.[2]

Based on his invention, Robins started the Robins Conveying Belt Company and of the Robins New Conveyor Company (now ThyssenKrupp Robins).[3] In 1915 he was appointed to the Naval Consulting Board.[2]

Personal life

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On April 26, 1894, Robins married Winifred Hamilton Tucker (1868–1952)[4] in Boston, Massachusetts. They lived together at 40 East 66th Street in New York City and had a home in Stamford, Connecticut, called Saddle Rock House designed by prominent New York City architects, Hunt and Hunt.[5] Together with his wife, he had:

He died on November 4, 1957, at the Nestledown Convalescent Home in Stamford, Connecticut, aged 89.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Thomas Robins, Inventor, 89, Dies. Developer of Heavy-Duty Conveyor Belt Had Headed Hewitt-Robins Company". New York Times. November 5, 1957. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
  2. ^ a b c "Robins, Thomas" . Encyclopedia Americana. Vol. XXIII. 1920.
  3. ^ a b "Robins History". ThyssenKrupp. Archived from the original on 2010-03-14. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  4. ^ "Mrs Thomas Robins". The New York Times. September 16, 1952. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  5. ^ Stamford Historical Society[not specific enough to verify]
  6. ^ a b c "Thomas Robins Jr., Company Chairman – Headed Hewitt-Robins, Producers of Synthetic Rubber". The New York Times. May 29, 1977. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Mrs. Thomas Robins Jr". The New York Times. July 13, 1962. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Marriage Announcement". The New York Times. December 20, 1939. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Austin Goodyear". The New York Times. August 21, 2005. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  10. ^ "Grace Goodyear, Student at Smith, Will Be Married; Sophomore and Ensign Franklin D. Roosevelt 3d Engaged to Wed". The New York Times. April 12, 1962. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Miss Grace R. Goodyear Is Married; Becomes Bride of Ensign Franklin D. Roosevelt 3d". The New York Times. June 19, 1962. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  12. ^ "Kona 2015: A chat with Cullen Goodyear - Triathlon Magazine Canada". Triathlon Magazine Canada. October 13, 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  13. ^ "Barbara Marshall Goodyear". The Bangor Daily News. September 25, 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  14. ^ Times, Special To The New York (14 June 1964). "Mrs. Goodyear Wed To Julien D. McKee". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  15. ^ "Obituaries and death notices, Nov. 8, 2006 Laurette Forest, Julian D. McKee, Stetson services". SentinelSource.com. The Keene Sentinel. November 8, 2006. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  16. ^ "Evan Thomas II". SFGate. SFGate. March 6, 1999. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  17. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths – Thomas, Evans Welling II". The New York Times. 1 March 1999. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  18. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths – Thomas, Anne Davis Robins". The New York Times. 28 March 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  19. ^ a b c "Samuel Davis Robins Jr". Greenwich Time. October 10, 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  20. ^ "Emma Jacob Weds Samuel D. Robins – Bride's Twin Brothers Give Her in Marriage in Church of the Resurrection – Miss Cory a Paris Bride – Rochester Girl Married to Philip Chew of New York – Miss Oliver Weds R.H. Fischer". The New York Times. May 3, 1925. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  21. ^ a b c d e "Samuel Robins Jr. Weds Ruth McCollester". The New York Times. December 30, 1979. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  22. ^ "Busk--Robins". The New York Times. July 30, 1937. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  23. ^ a b "Child to Mrs. S.D. Robins Jr". The New York Times. January 24, 1956. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  24. ^ "Nuptials Are Held for Miss W. Willis – She Wears White Embroidered Organdy at Her Wedding to Samuel Davis Robins Jr". The New York Times. June 25, 1950. Retrieved 14 April 2016.