








Makers of lubricating oil pumps, of Strood, Rochester, Kent
1946 Eaton held a minority share in the business.
1946 Opened a factory in Medway
1948 Exhibited products at Copenhagen on its stand at the British Industries' Fair.[1]
1950 Hobourn Eaton Manufacturing Co., Ltd.. Priory Rd., Strood[2]
1955 Mentioned in connection with Hobourn Aero Components.[3]
1961 Precision engineers and manufacturing oil, hydraulic and rotary pumps, contractors to H.M. Government. [4]
1963 Motor Show exhibitor. Rotary oil pumps.[5]
1981 Listed as 'Hobourn Eaton Ltd., Priory Road, Strood, Rochester'.[6]
1987 Patent 4673341 for a 'variable capacity roller- and vane-type pumps with non-circular cam profile'
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Kent Messenger & Gravesend Telegraph 27 August 1948
- ↑ Kent Messenger & Gravesend Telegraph 08 December 1950
- ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Friday 22 April 1955
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ 1963 Motor Show
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:23 July 1981 Issue:48688 Page:9691