Manufacturers Index - Covel Manufacturing Co. 
  
  
    Covel Manufacturing Co.
  
  
  Chicago, IL; Benton Harbor, MI, U.S.A.
  
  Manufacturer Class: 
  Metal Working Machinery
  
  
  
 
            
                
                    
                        
                         
                    
                    
                    
  
 
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
		
                        
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        CA-173
      
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      Dec. 06, 1869
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      Saw swage
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    Simon  Kinney  | 
    Ottawa, Canada | 
    Kinney is described as a machinist. | 
   
  
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        278,684
      
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      Jun. 05, 1883
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      Saw Swage
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    Milo  Covel  | 
    Chicago, Cook County, IL | 
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        279,769
      
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      Jun. 19, 1883
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      Saw-swage
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    Simon  Kinney  | 
    Port Townsend, WA | 
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        297,698
      
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      Apr. 29, 1884
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      Saw-swage
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    Simon  Kinney  | 
    San Francisco, CA | 
    The May 1901 The Wood-Worker carried an article by J. H. Miner on The Use of the Kinney Swage. "Take a trip among the average and better class of mills and you will find about one Kinney (or kindred) swage in ten used with anything like success, and about one in twenty-five where the swage is used as it should be... It is the best tool ever put into a saw mill when properly used." | 
   
  
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        319,794
      
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      Jun. 09, 1885
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      Saw sharpening machine
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    Milo  Covel  | 
    Chicago, IL | 
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        342,188
      
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      May. 18, 1886
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      Saw Swaging Device
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    Milo  Covel  | 
    Chicago, Cook County, IL | 
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        345,121
      
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      Jul. 06, 1886
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      Saw Swaging Machine
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    Milo  Covel  | 
    Chicago, Cook County, IL | 
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        523,882
      
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      Jul. 31, 1894
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      Saw Dressing Machine
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    Milo  Covel  | 
    Chicago, Cook County, IL | 
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        574,855
      
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      Jan. 05, 1897
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      Saw-sharpening machine
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    Henry P. Schofield  | 
    Chicago, IL | 
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        615,152
      
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      Nov. 29, 1898
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      Saw-sharpening machine
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    Lars Larsen Filstrup  | 
    Chicago, IL | 
    This patent gives improvements to patent 574,855. See also patents 654,844 and 755,319. | 
   
  
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        RE11,733
      
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      Apr. 11, 1899
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      Saw-sharpening machine
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    Lars Larsen Filstrup  | 
    Chicago, IL | 
    This patent gives improvements to patent 574,855. See also patents 654,844 and 755,319. | 
   
  
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        628,655
      
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      Jul. 11, 1899
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      Saw-sharpening machine
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    Lars Larsen Filstrup  | 
    Chicago, IL | 
    Improvements to patent 574,855, reissued as 11,733. The improvements are to the mechanism that inclines the driving pulley to keep it aligned with the grinding-wheel pulley as its inclination changees. | 
   
  
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        654,829
      
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      Jul. 31, 1900
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      Saw-sharpening machine
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    Lars Larsen Filstrup  | 
    Chicago, IL | 
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        654,843
      
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      Jul. 31, 1900
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      Saw support and guide
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    Henry P. Schofield  | 
    Chicago, IL | 
    In 1905 the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals found patent 654,843, 654,844, 654,845, and 669,251, "void for lack of patentable invention in view of the prior art, in which the same devices were found in use in saw-swaging machines." | 
   
  
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        654,844
      
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      Jul. 31, 1900
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      Saw-sharpening machine
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    Henry P. Schofield  | 
    Chicago, IL | 
    In 1905 the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals found patent 654,843, 654,844, 654,845, and 669,251, "void for lack of patentable invention in view of the prior art, in which the same devices were found in use in saw-swaging machines." | 
   
  
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        654,845
      
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      Jul. 31, 1900
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      Saw-support
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    Henry P. Schofield  | 
    Chicago, IL | 
    This saw support is for using while sharpening bandsaw blades n 1905 the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals found patent 654,843, 654,844, 654,845, and 669,251, "void for lack of patentable invention in view of the prior art, in which the same devices were found in use in saw-swaging machines." | 
   
  
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        667,924
      
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      Feb. 12, 1901
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      Saw-sharpening machine
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    Lars Larsen Filstrup  | 
    Chicago, IL | 
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      Saw-sharpening machine
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    Henry P. Schofield  | 
    Chicago, IL | 
    
						 
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        669,251
      
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      Mar. 05, 1901
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      Saw-sharpening machine
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    Henry P. Schofield  | 
    Chicago, IL | 
    In 1905 the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals found patent 654,843, 654,844, 654,845, and 669,251, "void for lack of patentable invention in view of the prior art, in which the same devices were found in use in saw-swaging machines." | 
   
  
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      Saw-sharpening machine
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    Lars Larsen Filstrup  | 
    Chicago, IL | 
    
						 
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        755,319
      
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      Mar. 22, 1904
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      Saw-sharpening machine
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    Henry P. Schofield  | 
    Chicago, IL | 
    Improvements to patents 11,733 and 654,844. | 
   
  
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        815,269
      
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      Mar. 13, 1906
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      Saw Swaging Machine
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    William Landon Covel  | 
    Biloxi, Harrison County, MS | 
    This patent was improved by patent #934,046. | 
   
  
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        934,046
      
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      Sep. 14, 1909
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      Saw Swaging Machine
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    William Landon Covel  | 
    Biloxi, Harrison County, MS | 
    This patent is an improvement of patent #815,269. | 
   
  
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        1,116,656
      
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      Nov. 10, 1914
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      Micrometer back-gauge for band-saws
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    Edwin C. Widemire  | 
    Winterburn, WV | 
    In large band sawmills, the blades are hammered so that the back of the blade is slightly convex, amounting to about 1/64 to 1/32 inch over five feet. This invention is a micrometer-based gauge that measures this convexity. This style of gauge is still in production and is still known as a Widemire gauge. | 
   
  
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        CA-160,180
      
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      Jan. 19, 1915
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      Gauge for band saws
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    Edwin C. Widemire  | 
    Winterburn, WV | 
    This is the Canadian equivalent of US patent 1,116,656. | 
   
  
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        1,260,974
      
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      Mar. 26, 1918
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      Saw Grinding Machine
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    Eddie C. Filstrup  | 
    Benton Harbor, MI | 
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        1,339,452
      
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      May. 11, 1920
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      Dressing-tool for grinding-wheels
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    Edwin T. Gorham  | 
    Grand Rapids, MI | 
    This patent date was seen on a Yankee drill grinder from Covel Mfg. Co. | 
   
  
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        1,382,003
      
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      Jun. 21, 1921
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      Drill-holder
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    Henry W. Lightner  | 
    Grand Rapids, MI | 
    This patent date was seen on a Yankee drill grinder from Covel Mfg. Co. | 
   
  
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        1,391,034
      
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      Sep. 20, 1921
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      Drill-holder
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    Arthur  Williams  | 
    Grand Rapids, MI | 
    This patent date was seen on a Yankee drill grinder from Covel Mfg. Co. | 
   
  
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        1,672,014
      
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      Jun. 05, 1928
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      Power-transmission mechanism
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    Arthur  Williams  | 
    Grand Rapids, MI | 
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        1,753,590
      
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      Apr. 08, 1930
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      Workholder for bar-grinding machines
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    Frederic K. Benedict  | 
    Big Rapids, MI | 
    "A locomotive guide bar is a heavy piece of work quite wide and several feet long, and its working fact, on which the engine cross head is to slide, must be ground to a true plane and it must also be parallel with the faced pads or bearing surfaces that are provided on the back face of the bar near its ends..." | 
   
 
                                
                            
		 
                         
                    
	 
                    
                 
             
         
    
 
                     
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