February 17th,
1960
H.
H. Styll, Patent Atty., Dead at 83.
Hary
H. Styll, 83, of 186 Marc St., a retired patent attorney for American Optical
Co., died yesterday at Harrington Memorial Hospital.A member of the AO
legal department for 40 years until his retirement in 1950, he was associated
with the company’s patenting of a large number of well-known ophthalmic
and optical inventions.
Among
the devices he helped patent were the lensometer, calobar glass, the Tillyer
grail set, cruxite glass, built-in bearing for ginger piece eyeglasses,
heat screen glass, Tillyer lenses, fulvue bifocals, the inner rim frame
and no-scru mounting.
Born
in Bridgewater, Va., he was the son of Robert and Minnie (Holstead) Styll. Mr. Styll joined AO in 1910, establishing a patent
department for the company.He had
been previously employed by the Bureau of Construction and Repair, Navy
Department, Washington, D.C.
He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania
and received a master’s degree from Georgetown University Law School. Mr.
Styll was a member of the Quinebaug Lodge of Masons and an honorary member
of the Southbridge Rotary Club. He was the club’s first president.
He was also a member of the American Patent Law Association,
Washington and Boston Patent Law Association of District Court, Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia and the Court of Appeals of the District
of Columbia and the Supreme Court of Massachusetts.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mamie (Owen) Styll.
Services will be held at 2.p. m. tomorrow at S. W.
Williams Funeral Home, 51 Marcy St., with Rev. Stephen E. Fletcher, Pastor
of Central Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in River View Cemetery,
Richmond, Va.
Calling hours at the funeral home.
AO in 1910