C. B. Rogers & Co. - Assigned Patents

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C. B. Rogers & Co.
Norwich, CT, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery

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Patent Number	Date	Title	Name	City	Description
935	Sep. 20, 1838	Machine for preparing stuff for making window-sash	Caleb B. Rogers	Norwich, CT	It is not certain that C. B. Rogers & Co. used this patent; C. B. Rogers began his operations in 1841.
2,425	Jan. 17, 1842	Machine for mortising timber	Jerub Amber Fay	Keene, NH	This patent was awarded to the founder of what became the largest woodworking company in the world, J. A. Fay & Co. The design itself is an improvement of George Page's patent 7,484, and numerous examples survive; Follow the link to the "Vintage Machinery" site to see photos of an example. "The first of these improvements consists in the manner in which I have arranged and combined the spring latch by which the chisel shaft is turned round, and is held in place, so as to reverse the chisel... "My second improvement consists in the manner in which I have arranged and combined the respective parts by means of which the shaft A, is moved in and out, in a vertical direction, so as to carry the chisel to the exact point where it is required... "My third improvement consists in the manner in which I form the intermediate lever J, by making it oblique on its lower side, and combine the bridle D, with the upper lever C, and with said middle, or intermediate, lever; by means of which form, arrangement and combination, the power to be applied to the chisel, and its range, are adjusted more readily than in the ordinary modes of combining such bridle..." From the February 1846 Journal of the Franklin Institute, page 115, in a summary of recently issued patents. " This patent "is limited, first, to the peculiar manner in which the chisel shaft swivels on the part which connects it with the lever, by means of a spring catch, jointed to the chisel shaft, which catches into notches in the bridles that suspend the chisel shaft to the working lever. Second, to the combination and arrangement of parts for setting the chisel shaft farther from, or nearer to, the frame, by having the shaft slide in the heads of two parallel bolts, one near the top, and the other near the bottom; these bolts slide freely in the frame and are connected together by means of an iron frame, through which passes a regulating screw, by the turning of which the chisel is set for any thickness of work. And, third, to the arrangement and combination of parts which which the depth of cut can be regulated at pleasure. This is effected in the following manner,â€”viz. The lever which operates the chisel is at top, and instead of being connected directly with the treadle, there is an intermediate lever, connected with the treadle by a connecting link, or bridle, and this intermediate lever is connected with the upper lever by a bridle which embraces the two lever, and fist in notches in the upper part of one, and the lower part of the other. The lower face of the intermediate lever is inclined, and is provided with several notches, so that by shifting the bridle from notch to notch the depth of cut will be regulated." The above descriptions suggest that this mortising machine design was well refined and reflected experience with using a machine to cut mortises as a working carpenter: in different materials, in different sizes and to different depths. Earlier designs were generally less adaptable; compare this design, for example, to its predecessor, George Page's patent 7,484.
18,080	Sep. 01, 1857	Machine for wiring blind-rods	Byron Boardman	Norwich, CT	An article in the 1859-11-05 issue of Scientific American gives a detailed description of this invention. It concludes, "Persons desiring information regarding the purchase of rights may address C. B. Rogers & Co., of the above place. The machines are now on sale at the stores of all the dealers in the 'Fay' machines for carpenters and builders."
18,521	Oct. 27, 1857	Device for reversing the chisel in mortising-machines	Caleb B. Rogers	Norwich, CT	"My improvement consists in the peculiar construction and application of a spiral way or guide, acting on a reversing check pin, to reverse the position of the chisel or mortising tool, for cutting opposite ends of the mortise."
26,787	Jan. 10, 1860	Machine for cutting moldings	C. B. Rogers	Norwich, CT	An early patent for a rope molding machine, a type of machine that began to appear in the 1850s due to the then-fashionable Italianate and Second Empire building styles. The Italianate style was popular in the US between about 1850 and 1890, the Second Empire ("Napoleon III") style between about 1865 and 1900. Another slightly later use of rope moldings was "Moorish fretwork" in furniture and interiors, used in creating an eclectic style with Middle Eastern influences; this style was popular from about 1870 until about 1895. Judging by the patent record, rope moldings became much less popular after the mid-1890s and have not enjoyed a renaissance since then.
27,040	Feb. 07, 1860	Improved steam-trap	Frank Douglas	Norwich, CT	An article in 1860-02-18 Scientific American about this invention concludes, "The patent for this invention was issued... to Frank Douglas, who has sold half of it to C. B. Rogers & Co., and persons desiring further information in relation to it, may address Douglas, Rogers & Co., Norwich, Conn."
27,704	Apr. 03, 1860	Steam-engine	Frank Douglas	Norwich, CT	An article in 1860-05-05 Scientific American about this invention concludes, "The patent for this invention was obtained by Frank Douglas... and further information in relation to it may be obtained by addressing Douglas, Rogers & Co., Norwich, Conn."
27,986	Apr. 24, 1860	Method of adjusting the planers in molding-machines	William D. Jones	Dayton, OH	Improvement to C. B. Rogers & Co.'s "American Eagle sash & molding machine".
35,420	May. 27, 1862	Improvement in hub-mortising machines	Dalphon L. Gibbs	Norwich, CT
		Improvement in hub-mortising machines	Edward Joslin	Keene, NH
38,898	Jun. 16, 1863	Improved power mortising-machine	George W. Gould	Norwich, CT
39,226	Jul. 14, 1863	Molding-machine feed	Lyman Gould	Norwich, CT
39,799	Sep. 08, 1863	Improvement in governors for steam-engines	Frank Douglas	Norwich, CT
45,677	Dec. 27, 1864	Improvement in modes of adjusting circular saws on their arbors	C. B. Rogers	Norwich, CT
46,425	Feb. 14, 1865	Improvement in sawing-machines	C. B. Rogers	Norwich, CT
49,584	Aug. 22, 1865	Improved journal-box	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Seen as "PATENTED AUG. 27.1865" (sic) on the bearing cap of a 3-head sticker/molder. The same incorrect date was used on saw arbors from C. B. Rogers & Co. "This invention relates to certain improvements on journal-boxes which are termed 'self-lubricating' because there is employed in their construction a capillary substance for conducting the lubricating-oil from chambers beneath the journal to the surface of the latter, so as to keep it continually supplied with oil as long as any remains in said chambers. The object of my invention is to so construct a journal-box operating on this principle that it can be more conveniently cleaned of sand and viscous oil; also to provide for conducting the pure oil from chambers at the extremities of the box to the middle of the length of the same by means of a capillary substance, and to provide for conducting the oil which escapes from the chamber back again into said chambers, as will be hereinafter described."
77,013	Apr. 21, 1868	Improvement in wood-planing machines	Frank Douglas	Norwich, CT	Improvement is in upper feed-roll support and adjustment.
78,728	Jun. 09, 1868	Improvement in planing-machines for wood	Frank Douglas	Norwich, CT	We have seen a machine base, likely for a spindle shaper, with "C. B. Rogers & Co. Norwich, Ct., Patented June 9, 1868" on the base. This patent is by far the most likely match. We also have a report of a large and heavy brass plaque with this patent date, and it most likely came off a large molder.
112,444	Mar. 07, 1871	Improvement in tenoning-machines	Lyman Gould	Norwich, CT
138,244	Apr. 29, 1873	Improvement in planing-machines	Lyman Gould	Norwich, CT
144,199	Nov. 04, 1873	Improvement in planing-machines	Lyman Gould	Norwich, CT	The patent covers a pressure-bar that can pivot to accommodate uneven thickness of the stock on the infeed side.
173,466	Feb. 15, 1876	Improvement in scroll-sawing machines	William D. Herschel	Philadelphia, PA	Inventor Herschel went on to become the machine designer for Jos. O. Colladay & Bros. Lyman Gould was the president of C. B. Rogers & Co., and was an officer of the Uncas Bank of Norwich. In 1879 he became the president of the bank. Between 1863 and 1883 Lyman Gould also was granted woodworking machinery patents; it is assumed that any woodworking machinery patents granted to or assigned to Gould were used by C. B. Rogers & Co.
287,275	Oct. 23, 1883	Circular sawing-machine	Lyman Gould	Norwich, CT
290,327	Dec. 18, 1883	Sawing and gaining machines	Lyman Gould	Norwich, CT	"My improvements related particularly to that class of wood-working machinery known as 'overhung traversing cut-off saws and gainers,' my immediate object being to produce at a reasonable price a machine which shall be strong and rigid in its parts, quickly operated by automatic power-feeds which are under easy control of the operator, and in which the heaviest work may be handled and adjusted with perfect ease by a single man."
425,272	Apr. 08, 1890	Self Oiling Pulley	Daniel D. Tompkins	Rochester, Monroe County, NY
425,572	Apr. 15, 1890	Self-oiling pulley	Daniel D. Tompkins	Rochester, NY