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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
225,560 Mar. 16, 1880 Traction Engine Edmund D. Brown Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MI Abstract:
The invention relates to a novel arrangement of gearing interposed between the main driving or engine shaft and the traction-wheels, by means or through the adjustment of which the direction of movement of the machine or engine over the surface of the ground can be reversed without reversing the engine or the direction of rotation of the engine-shaft.
Claim:
In a traction-engine, the gears K' K2, mounted on adjustable shafts interposed between the main engine-shaft and the traction- wheels, said gears being always in mesh one with the other, and one of them, K', with a transmitting gear-wheel, around which said gears are adjustable, the arrangement being substantially as described, whereby either of said gears may be thrown into mesh with a gear on the engine-shaft, as desired, for changing the direction of travel without reversing the engine or the direction of rotation of the engine-shaft.
    Traction Engine Andrew J. Hoag Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MI  
236,052 Dec. 28, 1880 Steam-engine valve-gear Elon A. Marsh Battle Creek, MI
244,807 Jul. 26, 1881 Reversing Gear for Steam Traction Engines Andrew J. Hoag Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MI
RE9,951 Nov. 29, 1881 Reversing Gear for Steam Traction Engines Andrew J. Hoag Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MI
CA-15,473 Sep. 15, 1882 Perfectionnements aux Machines a Plier la Tole Chester Roach Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN
265,809 Oct. 10, 1882 Traction Engine Andrew J. Hoag Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MI
    Traction Engine John A. Drew Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MI  
303,516 Aug. 12, 1884 Traction Engine Andrew J. Hoag Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MI
360,992 Apr. 12, 1887 Combined belt guide and reel Edmund D. Brown Battle Creek, MI
616,380 Dec. 20, 1898 Boiler Carl G. W. Wernicke Mankato, Blue Earth County, MN
657,009 Aug. 28, 1900 Feeder Attachment for Threshing-Machines Thomas H. Rolfe Battle Creek, MI
668,041 Feb. 12, 1901 Threshing-Machine Eli W. Flagg Battle Creek, MI
670,109 Mar. 19, 1901 Self-Feeding Apron Thomas V. Payne Battle Creek, MI
CA-73,618 Oct. 29, 1901 Threshing Machine Eli W. Flagg Battle Creek, MI This is the Canadian equivalent of US Patent 668,041.
688,062 Dec. 03, 1901 Sieve-Holder Oscar A. Butterfield Battle Creek, MI
688,126 Dec. 03, 1901 Sieve-Holder Thomas H. Rolfe Battle Creek, MI
RE11,965 Feb. 04, 1902 Threshing-Machine Eli W. Flagg Battle Creek, MI
719,856 Feb. 03, 1903 Clutch Victor Tom Payne Battle Creek, MI
723,711 Mar. 24, 1903 Threshing-Machine John B. McCutcheon Battle Creek, MI
723,712 Mar. 24, 1903 Threshing-Machine John B. McCutcheon Battle Creek, MI
723,713 Mar. 24, 1903 Threshing-Machine John B. McCutcheon Battle Creek, MI
CA-80,999 May. 19, 1903 Threshing Machine Eli W. Flagg Battle Creek, MI This patent is the Canadian equivalent of US patent 11,965; in other words it is tantamount to a reissue of Canada patent 73,618.
730,754 Jun. 09, 1903 Threshing-Machine Eli W. Flagg Battle Creek, MI
743,703 Nov. 10, 1903 Threshing-Machine Eli W. Flagg Battle Creek, MI Improvements to patent 11,965.
755,441 Mar. 22, 1904 Chaffer for Threshing-Machines William E. Bradley Battle Creek, MI
760,251 May. 17, 1904 Automatic Weighing Apparatus Thomas H. Rolfe Battle Creek, MI
774,155 Nov. 08, 1904 Band-Cutter for Threshing-Machines Oscar A. Butterfield Battle Creek, MI
791,402 May. 30, 1905 Straw-Shaker for Threshing-Machines William H. Seward Brady Kansas City, MO
808,440 Dec. 26, 1905 Tender-Truck Harry E. Drew Battle Creek, MI
810,642 Jan. 23, 1906 Changeable-Speed Gear for Feeder-Aprons William T. S. Guchess Battle Creek, MI
811,641 Feb. 06, 1906 Traction-Engine Albert G. Kern Battle Creek, MI
941,606 Nov. 30, 1909 Pneumatic Straw-Stacker George H. Bathrick Battle Creek, MI
1,090,476 Mar. 17, 1914 Radiator Primm R. Hawthorne Battle Creek, MI
1,101,542 Jun. 30, 1914 Steering-Gear for Motor-Propelled Vehicles Primm R. Hawthorne Battle Creek, MI
1,671,768 May. 29, 1928 Power-Plant Mounting Alfred Krieg Battle Creek, MI
1,682,733 Sep. 04, 1928 Shaker Mechanism in Agricultural Devices James T. Ashton Battle Creek, MI