A. C. Rutzen

August Charles Rutzen (March 15, 1876 - April 30, 1932) was a German-born American inventor, long resident in Cleveland, Ohio, who patented and promoted various types of spring motors and airships. Rutzen was most famed for his 1914 claims regarding his self-named Rutzen motor, a self-winding spring motor that would require no fuel.

Selected Patents

 * US641799A. Rutzen, A. C. & H. Motor. 23 Jan. 1900, filed 18 Oct. 1899.
 * US1178947A. Rutzen, A. C. Spring-power motor. 11 Apr. 1916, filed 2 Jan. 1914.
 * US1163264A. Rutzen, A. C. Speed indicating and controlling device. 7 Dec. 1915, filed 30 Jan. 1914.
 * US1178948A. Rutzen, A. C. Spring-actuated motor. 11 Apr. 1916, filed 30 Jan. 1914.
 * US1275189A. Rutzen, A. C. Means of recording and reproducing sound and motion in synchronism. 6 Aug. 1918, filed 6 July 1914.
 * US1163265A. Rutzen, A. C. Casing for dynamo-electric machines. 7 Dec. 1915, filed 6 July 1914.
 * US1178949A. Rutzen, A. C. Spring-power motor. 11 Apr. 1916, filed 6 July 1914.
 * US1178950A. Rutzen, A. C. Spring-driven motor. 11 Apr. 1916, filed 6 July 1914.
 * US1178951A. Rutzen, A. C. Self-winding spring-motor. 11 Apr. 1916, filed 6 July 1914.
 * US1199206A. Rutzen, A. C. Scratch-muffler for sound-reproducing machines. 26 Sep. 1916, filed 4 June 1915.
 * US1178952A. Rutzen, A. C. Multiple-spring power machine. 11 Apr. 1916, filed 16 Oct. 1915.
 * CA173308A. Rutzen, A. C. Muffler for sound reproducing machines. 21 Nov. 1916, filed 20 Mar. 1916.
 * CA172012A. Rutzen, A. C. Spring driven motor. 19 Sep. 1916, filed 29 May 1916.
 * US1246328A. Rutzen, A. C. Combined support and camera. 13 Nov. 1917, filed 20 Oct. 1916.
 * US1268494A. Rutzen, A. C. Airship. 4 June 1918, filed 30 July 1917.