Waterous Engine Works Co. - Assigned Patents

Manufacturers Index - Waterous Engine Works Co.

Waterous Engine Works Co.
Brantford, ON; Winnipeg, MB; St. Paul, MN, Canada
Company Website: http://www.waterousco.com/
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Steam and Gas Engines

Patents

This page contains information on patents issued to this manufacturer.

Submitting Patent Information

If you find a patent number or patent date by this manufacturer that is not on this list, please contact the Site Historian.

Key to Links for Patent Information

USPTO = U.S. Patent Office . Images of the actual patent can be viewed on the U.S. Patent Office web site but a special TIFF viewer must be installed with your browser in order properly work. More information on how to configure your computer to view these patents can be found at TIFF image Viewers for Patent Images.
DATAMP = Directory of American Tool And Machinery Patents . A sister site to VintageMachinery.org with information on patents related to machinery and tools. A much easier user interface than the USPTO's for finding information on machinery patents.

Patent Number	Date	Title	Name	City	Description
482	Nov. 08, 1854	Machine for making nuts and washers from a heated bar of metal	Charles Horatio Waterous	ON, Canada	XC patents are Canadian patents issued between 1824 and 1869. See also the 1856 Newfoundland patent 10, which appears to be nearly identical to this one. "It consists firstly, in cutting from a heated bar of metal a blank, punching the same and compressing it into shape of a nut or washer by a blow and at one simultaneous and instantaneous operation; secondly, in the combination of the punch and dies with a piston rod or hammer, operated by the action of steam or compressed air, for making nuts and washers from heated metal, and discharging the same, when formed by the simultaneous action of these devices; thirdly, in the method of instantly discharging the nut or washer from the chamber in which it is formed by the backward stroke of the piston or hammer, so that the heated metal shall not remain in the die to impart its heat or injure the tool; and fourthly, in the combination of the metallic plates H H, to ease the action of the punch and dies."
185,500,242	Jan. 31, 1855	Improvements in machinery for forging nuts and washers	Charles H. Waterous	ON, Canada	"This invention comprises a method of cutting from a bar of metal a blank, and punching, compressing, or swedging the same into shape at one operation, by a described combination of partsâ€”a method of instantly discharging the nut or washer from the die box in which it is formed by the backward stroke of the pistonâ€”the combination of a punch and dies with a piston driven by steam or compressed air, &c."
582	Dec. 24, 1855	Useful improvements in the construction of steam and water circular saw mills	Charles H. Waterous	ON, Canada	XC patents are Canadian patents issued between 1824 and 1869.
10	Apr. 14, 1856	Machine for making nuts and washers from bars of heated metal	Charles H. Waterous	ON, Canada	See also Canada patent 482. There was also a similarly-titled British patent granted to Waterous on 1854-11-08.
1,044	Jan. 27, 1860	An improvement in the application of steam power, and in the manner of making such application, for the purposes of moving and working steam ploughs, steam fire engines, &c., &c., &c.	Charles H. Waterous	ON, Canada	XC patents are Canadian patents issued between 1824 and 1869.
1,141	Sep. 25, 1860	A new mode of packing and preserving hops	Charles H. Waterous	ON, Canada	XC patents are Canadian patents issued between 1824 and 1869.
1,201	Mar. 04, 1861	Water drawer	Charles H. Waterous	ON, Canada	XC patents are Canadian patents issued between 1824 and 1869.
1,372	Jun. 06, 1862	A centripetal churn and centripetal agitator, for refining and fitting for use rock oil, or petroleum and coal oil	Charles H. Waterous	ON, Canada	XC patents are Canadian patents issued between 1824 and 1869.
1,392	Jul. 08, 1862	Improved machine for manufacturing the shoes of horses and other animals	Charles H. Waterous	ON, Canada	XC patents are Canadian patents issued between 1824 and 1869.
1,961	Feb. 23, 1866	Improvement in the steam engine, known as "Waterous' Combined Portable and Stationary Engine"	Charles H. Waterous	ON, Canada	XC patents are Canadian patents issued between 1824 and 1869.
2,608	May. 26, 1868	Machine for sawing logs and cants into lumber	Charles H. Waterous	ON, Canada	XC patents are Canadian patents issued between 1824 and 1869.
90	Oct. 02, 1869	A set gauge for sawing machines	Charles H. Waterous	ON, Canada
801	Feb. 08, 1871	Improvement on fire protection and water supply	Charles H. Waterous	ON, Canada
935	Apr. 18, 1871	Machine for regulating the pressure of water in street mains and water pipes	J. E. Waterous	ON, Canada
1,333	Feb. 07, 1872	Improvements in steam boilers	Julius Edgerton Waterous	ON, Canada
2,023	Feb. 03, 1873	Removable saw set socket	Charles H. Waterous	ON, Canada	It appears that this invention was the work of James E. Emerson, and the others were listed to get around the laws that made it difficult for non-Canadians to be granted Canadian patents. Wilkes and Waterous were partners in C. H. Waterous & Co., which in April 1874 became the Waterous Engine Works Co., Ltd., wholly owned by the Waterous family. The Waterous companies made a diverse line of products including sawmills, and presumably also including this saw set.
		Removable saw set socket	George H. Wilkes	ON, Canada
		Removable saw set socket	James E. Emerson	Beaver Falls, PA
2,094	Feb. 21, 1873	Improvements on saws	Charles H. Waterous	ON, Canada
		Improvements on saws	George H. Wilkes	ON, Canada
		Improvements on saws	James Ezekiel Emerson	Beaver Falls, PA
3,292	Apr. 10, 1874	Lever feed for shingle sawing machines	Robert Smallwood	PE, Canada	The inventor describes himself as a machinist. The patent covers a mechanism that draws the block back faster than it advances. This patent was extended as patent 9,829. An 1885 catalog from Waterous Engine Works Co. shows "Smallwood's No. 2 (Large Size) Patent Self-acting Lever Feed Shingle Mill" for $285. The smaller No. 1 was $230.
3,637	Jul. 16, 1874	Shingle machine	Isaac Milton House	ON, Canada	The inventor was described as a shingle manufacturer. Other House patents related to saw sharpening were manufactured by B. R. Mowry & Sons of Gravenhurst, Ont. An 1885 catalog from Waterous Engine Works Co. shows "'The Boss,' or House's Patent Shingle Mill".
4,771	Jun. 04, 1875	Improvements in Steam Surface Condensers and Feed Water Heaters for Steam Engines	Julius E. Waterous	ON, Canada
7,735	Aug. 09, 1877	Spark arrester	Robert Brayton	Fremont, OH	This appears to be equivalent to U.S. Patent 190,275.
		Spark arrester	David June	Fremont, OH
		Spark arrester	Oratus S. French	Fremont, OH
9,829	Apr. 08, 1879	Lever feed for shingle machines	Robert Smallwood	PE, Canada	This patent is an extension to patent 3,292
218,005	Jul. 29, 1879	Improvement in lumber-trimming machines	John G. Emery	Bay City, MI	The 1883 catalog from Waterous Engine Works Co. of Brantford, Ontario, Canada features "Emory & Garland's Bay City Patent Lumber Trimmer".
17,617	Sep. 10, 1883	Lumber trimming machine	Willard B. Swartwout	Three Rivers, MI	This is the Canadian equivalent of US patent 250,174.
295,791	Mar. 25, 1884	Saw-mill	David Ferguson Milne	Rochester, NY	James Thompson Milne was a "citizen of Great Britain". A bit more than a year after this patent was issued, he was living in Canada and was granted a Canadian patent, 21,961, for a sawmill carriage. He began manufacturing sawmills under his own name but within a few years he was designing sawmills for Waterous Engine Works of Brantford, Ontario.
		Saw-mill	James Thompson Milne	Clay City, KY
358,952	Mar. 08, 1887	Portable engine	Charles H. Waterous	ON, Canada
29,180	May. 19, 1888	Shingle machine	James N. Peel	ON, Canada	The inventor was a machinist. "The object of this invention is to secure a more uniform thickness of shingle, and as it is very often the case that an unsound knot or other defect is found at or near one end of the single block, which, if cut in the usual way, would make all those shingle bad which had the defect in the butt end, or at least of second quality, but by being able to change the alternating to a continuous set of either end of block to saw, so as to leave the defect in the point end of shingle, it very often makes a first quality shingle."
29,938	Oct. 02, 1888	Straw burning attachment for boilers	Charles Horatio Waterous Jr.	ON, Canada	The patentee describes himself as a manufacturer.
33,584	Feb. 04, 1890	Friction clutch pulley	James Normansell Peel	ON, Canada
		Friction clutch pulley	Charles Horatio Waterous	ON, Canada
447,217	Feb. 24, 1891	Friction-clutch pulley	Charles H. Waterous Jr.	ON, Canada	This device was also patented in Canada, no. 33,584, granted 1890-02-04.
		Friction-clutch pulley	James N. Peel	ON, Canada
455,635	Jul. 07, 1891	Bandsaw mill	James T. Milne	ON, Canada	No patent drawing in the USPTO online database, although it is referenced in the patent specification. See Canada patent 38,375, which is believed to be the same invention.
38,375	Feb. 29, 1892	Band saw mill	James Thompson Milne	ON, Canada	In 1887 Milne had been making sawmills on his own, but the cover sheet for this patent shows that correspondence was going through Waterous Engine Works of Brantford. Since Milne had moved to Brantford by that time, it seems safe to assume that Milne was working for Waterous. Furthermore, U.S. patent 455,635 appears to be equivalent to this one, and it was explicitly assigned to Waterous.
43,712	Jul. 21, 1893	Pulley	Charles H. Waterous	ON, Canada	This is the Canadian equivalent of US patent 499,617.