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 .
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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.
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1,415,386
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May. 09, 1922
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Band-saw guide
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William W. Paddock |
Kansas City, KS |
According to the website of the Paddock Tool Co., the inventor was retired and passed the time in the back of a neighborhood pattern shop owned by Harry Miller. He developed these three-wheeled bandsaw blade guides and patented them. Apparently Mr. Paddock died not much later and Miller purchased the patent rights rights from Paddock's widow for $150. It wasn't until the early days of the Great Depression in 1929 that sales got rolling when Miller hired a salesman to peddle the guides. They are still being made. |
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2,152,906
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Apr. 04, 1939
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Band saw guide
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Harry G. Miller |
Kansas City, KS |
The patentee was the owner of the Paddock Tool Co. at the time this patent was issued. We have seen this patent number on a guide made by Paddock Tool Co. See patent 1,415,386 for more information on Miller's role in the genesis of the Paddock Tool Co. |