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Manufacturers Index - Britannia Co.

Britannia Co.
Colchester, England, U.K.
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery & Steam and Gas Engines

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
188,415,982 Oct. 23, 1885 Tool holders for screwing machines A. McIlquham , England "The dies are made of considerable length to allow for wear, and they are set up in the holder by an eccentric slot plate." The 1894 Catalogue of Engineers' Tools etc. from the Britannia Company, on page 24, features "Britannia Company's New Patent Screwing Machines (McIlquham's Patent, No. 15,982.)" That firm's 1905 catalogue included updated models of this basic design, with "other sizes in preparation".
188,712,072 Sep. 05, 1887 Band sawing Edwin Whibley , England The 1894 Catalogue of Engineers' Tools etc. from the Britannia Company, on page 133, features "Britannia Company's New Band Saw With Revolving and Tilting Table and Adjustable Fence (Whibley's Patent)."
188,806,464 May. 01, 1888 Tables for band-sawing and fret-sawing machines Edwin Whibley , England The 1894 Catalogue of Engineers' Tools etc. from the Britannia Company, on page 133, features "Britannia Company's New Band Saw With Revolving and Tilting Table and Adjustable Fence (Whibley's Patent)."
"Relates to band-sawing and fret-sawing machines adapted for dovetailing, cutting circular, elliptical and irregular forms, oblique prisms, cylers, &c., hand-rail wreaths for stairways, bevels of roof timbers. &c."
188,808,472 Jun. 09, 1888 Guide fence to band-saw, fret-saw, and other machines Edwin Whibley , England The 1894 Catalogue of Engineers' Tools etc. from the Britannia Company, on page 133, features "Britannia Company's New Band Saw With Revolving and Tilting Table and Adjustable Fence (Whibley's Patent)."