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26,823
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Jan. 17, 1860
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Method of hanging reciprocating saws
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Leonard Anderson |
Painesville, OH |
The "Anderson's Improved Method of Hanging Saws" was written up in the 1868-01-25 issue of Scientific American. The invention is a method of drawing a muley-saw blade back on the return cut so as not to drag on the log being sawn. |
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69,744
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Oct. 15, 1867
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Improvement in sawmills
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Leonard Anderson |
Painesville, OH |
The 1868-05-09 Scientific American page 303 has this text ad: "Anderson's Patent Muley Saw Hangings. The oscillating lower Muley and self-adjusting rake upper Muley performs â…“ more work with â…“ less power than any other. COE & WILKES, Painesville, Ohio, sole manufacturers, except for the States of Maine and Pennsylvania. Send for circulars." |
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89,097
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Apr. 20, 1869
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Improvement in Augers
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Calvin Wardwell |
Painesville, OH |
Examples of this auger bit have been reported—see photo. The smallest example is marked "Star Bit & Tool Co. / Rockford, Illinois" and the other two are marked "Greenlee / Rockford, Illinois". None is marked with a patent date which suggest that they were manufactured after the expiry of the patent. In fact, Star Bit & Tool Co. was established in 1911, decades after patent expiry. We cannot find any mentions of Greenlee auger bits before 1884, i.e., before patent expiry, but Greenlee Brothers & Co. of Rockford was a large business with a broad product line, and "auger" is a common enough word that it is difficult to be certain.
Co-assignee H. H. Coe was a partner in machinery manufacturer Coe & Wilkes; we have found no evidence that that firm ever manufactured augers. As for inventor Calvin Wardwell, we can find nothing beyond this patent to tell us what he did for a living around this time. |
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134,405
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Dec. 31, 1872
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Improvement in saw-mill dogs
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Reuben Tower |
Painesville, OH |
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