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Manufacturers Index - Canedy-Otto Manufacturing Co.

Canedy-Otto Manufacturing Co.
Downer's Grove, IL; Chicago Heights, IL; Great Lakes, IL, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
91,519 Jun. 22, 1869 Improved stove-pipe shelf and drier William E. Canedy Wauconda, IL This patent is of interest because it is the earliest patent granted to W. E. Canedy, who founded Canedy Mfg. Co., which became part of Canedy-Otto Mfg. Co. Canedy-Otto made post drills and forge blowers, and then drill presses.
184,503 Nov. 21, 1876 Improvement in combined anvil and vise William E. Canedy Rochester, MN Canedy was the founder of the Canedy Manufacturing Co., which became the Canedy-Otto Manufacturing Co., which made drill presses.
192,975 Jul. 10, 1877 Portable Forge William E. Canedy Rochester, Olmsted County, MN
    Portable Forge Frank Larson Rochester, Olmsted County, MN  
204,003 May. 21, 1878 Improvement in fence-posts Edwin E. Leach Cedar Rapids, IA One of the patentees co-founded Canedy-Otto, maker of drill presses.
    Improvement in fence-posts William E. Canedy Rochester, MN  
225,563 Mar. 16, 1880 Combined anvil and vise William Eaton Canedy Rochester, MN
343,983 Jun. 22, 1886 Potato-cutter William E. Canedy Rochester, MN Of interest because the inventor was the founder of the Canedy Mfg. Co., which became the Canedy-Otto Mfg. Co., which made drill presses. Canedy also had patents for combined vise and anvil.
380,018 Mar. 27, 1888 Drilling-machine William E. Canedy Rochester, MN
380,019 Mar. 27, 1888 Combined anvil and vise William E. Canedy Rochester, MN
422,569 Mar. 04, 1890 Drilling-machine William E. Canedy Downer's Grove, IL The "Vintage Machinery" site (see link above) has pictures of a drill that exactly matches the patent drawing and marked with the patent date. The two manufacturers listed here are really guesses.
425,655 Apr. 15, 1890 Screw-cutting die and stock William E. Canedy Downer's Grove, IL
426,362 Apr. 22, 1890 Combined Anvil and Vise William E Canedy Downers Grove, IL Two part Anvil vise. Vise portion looks like Pat. No. 225,563.
435,279 Aug. 26, 1890 Intermittent-grip device William E. Canedy Downer's Grove, IL
445,922 Feb. 03, 1891 Device for converting motion William E. Canedy Downer's Grove, IL
464,492 Dec. 08, 1891 Friction-clutch William E. Canedy Downer's Grove, IL
483,533 Oct. 04, 1892 Clutch William E. Canedy Downer's Grove, IL
D27,518 Aug. 10, 1897 Design for a blower-frame William E. Canedy Chicago Heights, IL
634,324 Oct. 03, 1899 Attachment for metal-drilling machines William E. Canedy Chicago, IL
651,816 Jun. 19, 1900 Friction driving-clutch Martin Backstrom Chicago Heights, IL From Price List No. 8 from Canedy-Otto, "Backstrom's Clutch (patented June 19, 1900) / a noiseless, adjustable friction clutch / Used on all Western Chief and Hero Forges and Western Chief Blowers that have Lever Movement)".
669,407 Mar. 05, 1901 Feed mechanism for drilling, boring, or like machines Martin Backstrom Chicago Heights, IL
D35,671 Feb. 04, 1902 Design for a blower and gear casing Albert Earl Canedy Chicago Heights, IL
693,838 Feb. 25, 1902 Chimney for blacksmiths' forges William E. Canedy Chicago Heights, IL
693,837 Feb. 25, 1902 Motor-gearing William E. Canedy Chicago Heights, IL
860,046 Jul. 16, 1907 Machine-operating mechanism Charles R. Meston St. Louis, MO We have seen this patent date on a small motor from Canedy-Otto Mfg. Co., and driving a post drill. It is most likely that the motor was manufactured by Emerson Electric and badged by Canedy-Otto.
890,841 Jun. 16, 1908 Vise William E. Canedy Chicago Heights, IL
906,507 Dec. 15, 1908 Vise-head William E. Canedy Chicago Heights, IL
935,452 Sep. 28, 1909 Ball-bearing Martin Backstrom Chicago Heights, IL "My invention concerns ball bearings in general, but pertains more particularly or especially to those for the shaft or spindle of an upright drill, its object and aim being the production of an anti-friction bearing which will be simple in construction, economical of manufacture, and the parts of which will neither be very small nor likely to be lost or misplaced when the bearing is taken apart. This improved and novel bearing has but a single spherical ball fitting in a socket or depression on the bottom end of the screw-threaded shaft or adjustable abutment by which the rotary spindle or shaft proper of the drill is fed up and down, the top end of the spindle having a recess or cavity containing a flat hardened disk on which the ball bears."
1,409,266 Mar. 14, 1922 Motor stand George F. Werth Chicago Heights, IL
1,486,481 Mar. 11, 1924 Motor stand Frank Leroy Cole Chicago Heights, IL
1,488,304 Mar. 25, 1924 Motor stand George F. Werth Chicago Heights, IL
1,539,829 Jun. 02, 1925 Guard and work-rest mounting Frank L. Cole Chicago Heights, IL Guard and work-rest for a pedestal grinder.