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Albertson & Co. / Sioux Tools, Inc.
Sioux City, IA, U.S.A.
Company Website: http://www.siouxtools.com/
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
1,087,625 Feb. 17, 1914 Valve Truing Tool Frans O. Albertson Sioux City, Woodbury County, IA The first of two patents listed in advertising for the SIOUX VALVE REFACING TOOL (see pat. no. 1,285,573).
This tool resembles the NOONAN valve truing tool based on patent no. 926,957.
1,282,018 Oct. 22, 1918 Valve Grinder Frans O. Albertson Sioux City, IA The patent deals with internal details of construction of valve grinders with "progressively advancing oscillatory driven members." The internal gears are stamped parts.
The grinder using this patent was marketed as the "SIOUX," produced by Albertson & Co., Sioux City, Iowa. Advertising for the grinder and related tools included four patent dates: April 13, 1909 (pat. 918,049), May 21, 1912 (pat. 13,421), this patent, and April 26, 1919 [sic] (pat. 1,301,891). The last patent is the valve refacer in the set.
1,285,573 Nov. 26, 1918 Refacing Tool for Puppet-Valves Frans O. Albertson Sioux City, Woodbury County, IA The second of two F.O. Albertson patents listed in advertising for the "SIOUX REFACING TOOL." The earlier patent (no. 1,087,625) was an in-line tool similar to the Noonan valve truing tool (pat. no. 926,957). Advertising for the "Little Sioux Ford Tool Set" also included an April, 1919 date corresponding to patent no. 1,301,891.
1,301,891 Apr. 29, 1919 Valve Refacing Tool Frans O. Albertson Sioux City, IA Hand cranked valve refacing tool similar to Albertson's earlier patent (no. 1,285,573). This patent's application was filed while the other patent was pending. A central focus in this patent is the placement of the cutter to eliminate "chattering" during the cutting operation.
This patent was referenced in some advertising for the "Little Sioux Ford Tool Set," which included the oscillating valve grinder in patent no. 1,282,018.
1,340,359 May. 18, 1920 Valve-seat reamer Frans O. Albertson Sioux City, IA
1,481,078 Jan. 15, 1924 Flexible shafting Frans O. Albertson Sioux City, IA This patent number was seen in a 1972 catalog from Sioux Tools, Inc. (successors to Albertson & Co.), decades after this patent had expired.
1,811,037 Jun. 23, 1931 Abrasive disk Gustav Olsen Sioux City, IA
    Abrasive disk Frans O. Albertson Sioux City, IA  
D90,008 May. 30, 1933 Design for a casing for a portable electric polisher Frans O. Albertson Sioux City, IA
D99,616 May. 12, 1936 Design for a metal spray gun Frans O. Albertson Sioux City, IA
D100,189 Jun. 30, 1936 Design for a hot air gun Frans O. Albertson Sioux City, IA
2,058,653 Oct. 27, 1936 Metal spray guns Frans O. Albertson Sioux City, IA "The present invention relates to metal spray guns, and is particularly concerned with devices of the typed adapted to spray cold metal upon a prepared metal surface. It finds its most effective field of use in building up dents and depressions upon the bodies of automotive vehicles without heating the body metal, and in places formerly inaccessible for repair work except by long, tedious hand labor methods..."
2,079,143 May. 04, 1937 Sanding machine Frans O. Albertson Sioux City, IA
2,088,330 Jul. 27, 1937 Sanding and polishing machine Axel Madsen Sioux City, IA
D107,275 Nov. 30, 1937 Design for a sanding machine Frans O. Albertson Sioux City, IA
2,101,305 Dec. 07, 1937 Sanding machine Frans O. Albertson Sioux City, IA
2,123,222 Jul. 12, 1938 Electric sanding machine Frans O. Albertson Sioux City, IA
D111,234 Sep. 13, 1938 Design for a portable power-driven tool unit Frans O. Albertson Sioux City, IA
D111,265 Sep. 13, 1938 Design for a portable power-driven tool unit Frans O. Albertson Sioux City, IA
RE21,814 Jun. 03, 1941 Metal spray guns Frans O. Albertson Sioux City, IA
2,267,781 Dec. 30, 1941 Electric sanding machine Frans O. Albertson Sioux City, IA
D150,531 Aug. 17, 1948 Design for a portable power-driven tool unit Frank Osbern Albertson Sioux City, IA