Emil Lerp
Born1 January 1886
Goldbach, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Died1 January 1966
Hamburg, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Known forInventor of the transportable gasoline chainsaw

Emil Lerp (1 January 1886 – 1 January 1966) was a German businessman and inventor of the first mass produced transportable gasoline chainsaw.

Career

Lerp was born in Goldbach, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 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.[1] On 15 June 1928, Lerp received a patent in Germany for his invention.[2][3] His former business partner Andreas Stihl founded the German company Stihl which also makes chainsaws.

References

  1. ↑ "dolmarpowerproducts.com". Archived from the original on 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  2. ↑ US 0
  3. ↑ Baedeker-Reiseführer: Thüringen. Third edition. Ostfildern 2013, ISBN 978-3-8297-9234-9., p. 226 (online auf: books.google.de)
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