Dodge Manufacturing Co. - Assigned Patents

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Dodge Manufacturing Co.
Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery, Metal Working Machinery & Steam and Gas Engines

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Patent Number	Date	Title	Name	City	Description
174,303	Feb. 29, 1876	Improvement in friction-clutches	Edwin Reynolds	Providence, RI	This patent date was seen in an article on the "Dodge plate split friction clutch and cut-off coupling" in the April 1895 The Canada Lumberman. This patent seems like the most likely candidate even though the inventor was in Rhode Island and Dodge was in Indiana.
208,940	Oct. 15, 1878	Improvement in wagon-jacks	Miles D. Williams	Mishawaka, IN	This patent was manufactured by Magic Jack Co., a company formed in 1878 by Wallace H. Dodge and Henry Woodbury (Woodbury would soon be bought out by Dodge). The "Magic" wagon jack was very successful. Only one year later the Dodge Mfg. Co. was organized by Dodge and his brother William W. Dodge, and took over the business of the Magic Jack Co. In 1882 Wallace co-patented a split pulley, patent 260,462. This proved to be even more successful and in 1884 the company discontinued all their other products, and soon they introduced a line of power transmission products.
		Improvement in wagon-jacks	Wallace H. Dodge	Mishawaka, IN
260,462	Jul. 04, 1882	Separable pulley	George Philion	Mishawaka, IN	This is the famous Dodge split-pulley design which quickly became the mainstay product of the Dodge Mfg. Co., which subsequently diversified and grew to enormous size. See patent 456,722 for an improvement to this patent.
		Separable pulley	Wallace H. Dodge	Mishawaka, IN
294,452	Mar. 04, 1884	Band-saw machine	Wallace H. Dodge	Mishawaka, IN	This safety device that catches the blade when it runs off the wheel was seen on page 188 of the 1888 London, Berry & Orton catalog, as their "Independence Band-Saw Catcher", and it is claimed that "Saving a saw once or twice frequently pays for the Catcher" in avoiding blade damage. The inventor was owner of the Dodge Mfg. Co., makers of wood specialties and wood pulleys. In 1884 they were manufacturing only the "Dodge Independence Wood Split Pulley" (the use of the "Independence" name for both the saw catcher and the pulley provides some evidence that the catcher may actually have been manufactured by Dodge and was merely sold by London, Berry & Orton). By 1890 Dodge Mfg. Co. were making a more complete line of power transmission equipment. By 1902 their manufacturing facilities covered over 64 acres and 40 buildings. And in 1894 Lyman O. Orton of London, Berry & Orton had a patent assigned to Dodge: see patent 530,715.
296,735	Apr. 15, 1884	Button-fastener	Wallace H. Dodge	Mishawaka, IN
320,544	Jun. 23, 1885	Device for transmitting power	Wallace H. Dodge	Mishawaka, IN	Rope-driven transmission of power, intended as a substitute for flat-belt systems; see patent 345,219 for the rope-splice to be used with this system. This rope system was found to be useful in carrying power a greater distance that would be practical for leather belts, such as to an adjacent building or across a road, either above or below the roadway.
345,219	Jul. 06, 1886	Rope-splice	Wallace H. Dodge	Mishawaka, IN	Rope splice for use in power transmission, as in the system of patent 320,544.
348,269	Aug. 31, 1886	Band-saw pulley	Wallace H. Dodge	Mishawaka, IN	It is not known if this bandsaw pulley-wheels were manufactured by Dodge Mfg. Co. That company's expertise in pulleys for overhead lineshaft systems was certainly relevant in making bandsaw wheels.
351,064	Oct. 19, 1886	Wooden pulley	Charles McNeal	Mishawaka, IN	See patent 368,820 for a description of, and improvement to, this patent.
353,669	Dec. 07, 1886	Band-saw mill	Wallace H. Dodge	Mishawaka, IN	See patent 294,452 for more information on this inventor.
354,811	Dec. 21, 1886	Tablesaw for making curved pulley parts	Isidore V. Roy	Mishawaka, IN	It seems most likely that this tablesaw was used by Dodge Mfg. Co., and not manufactured by them.
359,270	Mar. 15, 1887	Boring Machine	Charles McNeal	Mishawaka, IN
359,853	Mar. 22, 1887	Lathe	George Philion	Mishawaka, IN	See patent 294,452 for more information on this inventor. We assume this lathe was for Dodge Mfg. Co.'s own use and was not manufactured for sale.
		Lathe	Wallace H. Dodge	Mishawaka, IN
368,845	Aug. 23, 1887	Rabbeting-machine	Charles McNeal	Mishawaka, IN	"This invention relates to a machine adapted to use in the manufacture of the spoke-arms for the wooden pulleys in my patent granted October 19, 1886..." We assume this machine was for Dodge Mfg. Co.'s own use and was not manufactured for sale.
368,820	Aug. 23, 1887	Wooden pulley	Wallace H. Dodge	Mishawaka, IN	Patent 348,269 shows a bandsaw pulley (wheel) with wood rim and metal spokes; patent 351,064 shows a pulley with wood rim and wood spokes. In the latter patent the spokes are dovetailed and glued to the rim, which was found to be deficient because the spoke-ends were loose and allowed some movement that eventually broke the glue joints. This patent improves upon that scheme by filling the space at the end of the spoke-tenon "with some suitable solidifying plastic", an idea taken from the all-metal pulley construction of the first patent. The "plastic material" used was melted sulphur.
370,495	Sep. 27, 1887	Wooden Pulley	Isidore V. Roy	Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN
376,373	Jan. 10, 1888	Woolen boot	Robert D. O. Smith	Mishawaka, IN	Improvements to patent 367,333 for knitting woolen boots. See also patent 479,251 for a closely related patent.
		Woolen boot	Wallace H. Dodge	Mishawaka, IN
383,369	May. 22, 1888	Lathe	George Philion	Mishawaka, IN	We assume this lathe was for Dodge Mfg. Co.'s own use and was not manufactured for sale.
383,246	May. 22, 1888	Upright-saw machine	George Philion	Mishawaka, IN	This invention is an add-on to a bandsaw for cutting pulley rim segments. We assume this device was for Dodge Mfg. Co.'s own use and was not manufactured for sale.
383,281	May. 22, 1888	Means for securing pulleys on shafts	Wallace H. Dodge	Mishawaka, IN	See patent 294,452 for more information on the inventor and his company.
412,916	Oct. 15, 1889	Pulley	Wallace H. Dodge	Mishawaka, IN	Improvements to the famous Dodge split-pulley design of patent 260,462 to allow interchangeable bushings and to make it easier to construct smaller pulleys. See patent 294,452 for more information on the inventor and his company.
422,507	Mar. 04, 1890	Pulley	Wallace H. Dodge	Mishawaka, IN	Improvements to patent 260,462 to improve the fastening together of the two halves of the split pulley, by "a system of interlocking keys and wedges which hold the parts and force the bush without causing it to be eccentric."
456,722	Jul. 28, 1891	Pulley	Wallace H. Dodge	Mishawaka, IN	This patent date was seen in an article on the "Dodge plate split friction clutch and cut-off coupling" in the April 1895 The Canada Lumberman. This invention had already been granted British patent 188,612,987, and is an improvement on patent 260,462.
479,251	Jul. 19, 1892	Woolen boot	Robert D. O. Smith	Mishawaka, IN
		Woolen boot	Wallace H. Dodge	Mishawaka, IN
530,715	Dec. 11, 1894	Lubricator	Lyman O. Orton	Mishawaka, IN	Inventor Orton had been a partner in the Philadelphia woodworking machinery maker Berry & Orton.
2,464,630	Mar. 15, 1949	Screw-operated vise having a rack-engaging nut-actuated rocking pawl for quick adjustment	Berthold R. Zitner	Burlington, IA	An example of this vise is seen, with "U.S. PATENT / No. 2464630 / MADE IN U.S.A." cast into one side and "DODGE / SLIDE-SET / VISE / MISHAWAKA / IND. / SIZE -40-" cast into the other.
2,605,660	Aug. 05, 1952	Quickly adjustable vise having safety stop	David Firth	South Bend, IN
2,672,064	Mar. 16, 1954	Screw and handle assembly	David Firth	South Bend, IN