Emil Lerp (1 January 1886 – 1 January 1966) was a German businessman and inventor of the first mass produced transportable gasoline
chainsaw
A chainsaw (or chain saw) is a portable gasoline-, electric-, or battery-powered saw that cuts with a set of teeth attached to a rotating chain driven along a guide bar. It is used in activities such as tree felling, limbing, Log bucking, bucki ...
.
Career
Lerp was born in
Goldbach,
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (german: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha), or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (german: Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, links=no ), was an Ernestine, Thuringian duchy ruled by a branch of the House of Wettin, consisting of territories in the present- ...
in 1886. In 1927, he invented the transportable gasoline chainsaw. Lerp tested his invention on a hill called Dolmar, and named
his company after the testing site. On 15 June 1928, Lerp received a patent in Germany for his invention.
[Baedeker-Reiseführer: ''Thüringen.'' Third edition. Ostfildern 2013, ., p. 22]
(online auf: ''books.google.de'')
/ref> His former business partner Andreas Stihl founded the German company Stihl
Stihl (, ) is a German manufacturer of chainsaws and other handheld power equipment including trimmers and blowers. Their headquarters are in Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg, near Stuttgart, Germany. Stihl was founded in 1926 by Andreas Stihl, an ...
which also makes chainsaws.
References
External links
dolmarpowerproducts.com
1886 births
1966 deaths
People from Gotha (district)
People from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
20th-century German inventors
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