Samuel J. Shimer & Sons - Assigned Patents

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Samuel J. Shimer & Sons
Milton, PA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery

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Patent Number	Date	Title	Name	City	Description
141,744	Aug. 12, 1873	Improvement in cutter-heads	Daniel C. Allen	Concord, NH
159,226	Jan. 26, 1875	Improvement in cutter-heads	George J. Shimer	Milton, PA
163,269	May. 11, 1875	Improvement in machines for matching lumber	George J. Shimer	Milton, PA
166,035	Jul. 27, 1875	Improvement in cutter-heads for planing and molding machines	George J. Shimer	Milton, PA
206,360	Jul. 23, 1878	Improvement in variety molding machines	George J. Shimer	Milton, PA	Seen in an ad in the September 1889 issue of "The American Furniture Gazette".
		Improvement in variety molding machines	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
211,480	Jan. 21, 1879	Improvement in reversible cutter-heads	George J. Shimer	Milton, PA
		Improvement in reversible cutter-heads	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
RE9,403	Oct. 12, 1880	Cutter-head	George J. Shimer	Milton, PA
236,636	Jan. 11, 1881	Cutter-head	George G. Shimer	Milton, PA
		Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
241,431	May. 10, 1881	Cutter-head	George J. Shimer	Milton, PA
		Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
241,432	May. 10, 1881	Cutter-head	George J. Shimer	Milton, PA
		Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
261,266	Jul. 18, 1882	Cutter-head	George J. Shimer	Freemansburg, PA	Improvement on their design of 9,403.
		Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
293,529	Feb. 12, 1884	Cutter-head	George J. Shimer	Freemansburg, PA	Improvements to patent 241,432.
296,077	Apr. 01, 1884	Knife for wood-working machines	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
319,933	Jun. 09, 1885	Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
353,509	Nov. 30, 1886	Bit-holder for cutter-heads	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
353,510	Nov. 30, 1886	Variety-molding machine	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
367,675	Aug. 02, 1887	Double-tonguing boards	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
367,674	Aug. 02, 1887	Planer	George J. Shimer	Milton, PA	The inventor was deceased at the time the patent was issued.
371,380	Oct. 11, 1887	Wood-working machine	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA	Improvements to patent 216,791.
385,325	Jun. 26, 1888	Cutter-head	George S. Shimer	Milton, PA
387,924	Aug. 14, 1888	Tool-holder for cutter-heads	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
387,925	Aug. 14, 1888	Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
392,886	Nov. 13, 1888	Machine for making washers	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA	Inventor was the owner of Samuel J. Shimer & Sons, Inc., a maker of woodworking machinery cutters.
413,685	Oct. 29, 1889	Woodworking machine	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA	Improvement on patent 371,380.
451,311	Apr. 28, 1891	Cutter-head for wood-working machines	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
463,555	Nov. 17, 1891	Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
476,563	Jun. 07, 1892	Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
486,901	Nov. 29, 1892	Cutter-head knife	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
527,080	Oct. 09, 1894	Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA	Improvements to patent 476,563. This patent date was seen on a Shimer & Sons cutterhead along with the dates for patents 261,266 and 293,529.
529,113	Nov. 13, 1894	Rotary cutter	Joel Ettinger	Milton, PA	Rotary cutter for making rosettes.
529,114	Nov. 13, 1894	Rotary cutter	Joel Ettinger	Milton, PA	Rotary cutter for making rosettes.
529,115	Nov. 13, 1894	Rotary cutter	Joel Ettinger	Milton, PA
540,075	May. 28, 1895	Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA	Improvements to patent 293,529.
547,298	Oct. 01, 1895	Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
555,742	Mar. 03, 1896	Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
567,815	Sep. 15, 1896	Cutter Head and Bit	Samuel Johnston Shimer	Milton, Northumberland County, PA
581,178	Apr. 20, 1897	Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
RE11,616	Jun. 29, 1897	Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
RE11,617	Jun. 29, 1897	Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
593,439	Nov. 09, 1897	Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
602,778	Apr. 19, 1898	Gage for cutter-knives	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA	"My invention relates to gages for the knives or cutters of the rotary cutter-heads of woodworking machines and may be employed in connection with square, trapezoidal or other shaped cutter-heads having seats or faces to receive the knives or cutters, with chip-breaks at the front ends and parallel longitudinal shoulders near the rear or inner ends." These gages were a significant improvement over trial-and-error setting of moulder knives. Unfortunately, the gages are often lost when cutterheads change hands.
603,976	May. 10, 1898	Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA	"My invention relates to trapezoidal cutterheads for woodworking-machines such as shown in the reissued Letters Patent granted to me the 29th day of June, 1897, 11,616 and 11,617, in which the sides are alternately arranged and alternately inclined inwardly and outwardly with respect to the axial line of the head. such heads are formed with outwardly-projecting ship-breaks at the front ends of the knife-seats, which are also alternately arranged and alternately inclined with respect to the axial line of the head. In practice such chip-breaks wear away in the course of time and the knives require to be frequently sharpened, so that it is extremely difficult to adjust the knives or cutters so that the cutting edges will be in proper position with respect to the head. The object of the present invention is to provide an improved construction of such cutter-heads whereby a gage may be applied thereto to adjust the cutting edges of the knives."
607,709	Jul. 19, 1898	Cutter-head	Samuel Johnston Shimer	Milton, PA
614,771	Nov. 22, 1898	Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
62,266	Jan. 09, 1899	Cutter head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
625,707	May. 23, 1899	Bit-gage for cutter-heads	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
629,276	Jul. 18, 1899	Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
631,542	Aug. 22, 1899	Cutter-head for planing-machines	John Ihle	Chippewa Falls, WI
632,618	Sep. 05, 1899	Cutter-head	Christian Anderson	Chippewa Falls, WI	This planer cutterhead design preceded the much more famous patent 877,407 of 1908, which is nowadays remembered as the first successful round cutterhead for planers and jointers. This 1899 patent was apparently acquired by Samuel J. Shimer & Sons, as evidenced by the patent date appearing on Shimer cutter-heads. The cutter-heads themselves do not seem to use this patent's wedge design. Rather, they use the design in the 1907 patent 874,871. Despite the fact that the Carsten patent was issued a few months later, the Carsten patent had priority over the 1907 Shimer patent because Carstens had first received a German patent.
65,113	Nov. 25, 1899	Cutter head	Samuel Johnston Shimer	Milton, PA
650,764	May. 29, 1900	Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
651,728	Jun. 12, 1900	cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
652,695	Jun. 26, 1900	Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
659,990	Oct. 16, 1900	Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
668,586	Feb. 19, 1901	Cutter-head	Samuel J. Shimer	Milton, PA
691,191	Jan. 14, 1902	Expansible cutter-head	Elmer S. Shimer	Milton, PA
698,315	Apr. 22, 1902	Grinding-machine	Henry A. Pardoe	Milton, PA
		Grinding-machine	Elmer S. Shimer	Milton, PA
698,331	Apr. 22, 1902	Cutter-head	Elmer S. Shimer	Milton, PA
700,552	May. 20, 1902	Cutter-head bit	Elmer S. Shimer	Milton, PA
		Cutter-head bit	Henry A. Pardoe	Milton, PA
705,226	Jul. 22, 1902	Grinding-machine	Joel Ettinger	Chester, PA	Grinder adapted for grinding or sharpening bits used for cutting the tongues and grooves on wood boards.
719,266	Jan. 27, 1903	Cutter-head	Elmer S. Shimer	Milton, PA
724,959	Apr. 07, 1903	Expansion cutter-head	Elmer S. Shimer	Milton, PA
751,952	Feb. 09, 1904	Rotary cutter-head	Elmer S. Shimer	Milton, PA
788,978	May. 02, 1905	Cutter-head	William A. Williams	Bolton Landing, NY
820,892	May. 15, 1906	Rotary cutter-head for tonguing	Elmer S. Shimer	Milton, PA
		Rotary cutter-head for tonguing	George S. Shimer	Milton, PA
826,371	Jul. 17, 1906	Cutter-head	George Stout Shimer	Milton, PA
		Cutter-head	Elmer Stout Shimer	Milton, PA
841,587	Jan. 15, 1907	Bit for rotary cutter-heads	Elmer S. Shimer	Milton, PA
843,498	Feb. 05, 1907	Cutter-head	Elmer S. Shimer	Milton, PA
844,197	Feb. 12, 1907	Rotary cutter-head	Elmer S. Shimer	Milton, PA
874,871	Dec. 24, 1907	Rotary cutter-head	Elmer S. Shimer	Milton, PA	This Shimer cutter head patent is for an improvement of patent issued 1899-09-05.
1,025,839	May. 07, 1912	Cutter-head	Elmer S. Shimer	Milton, PA
1,348,753	Aug. 03, 1920	Cutter-head	Elmer S. Shimer	Milton, PA