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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
371,480 Oct. 11, 1887 Belt-shifter Frank A. Shoemaker Buffalo, NY
409,457 Aug. 20, 1889 Steam-engine Joseph W. Dennis Buffalo, NY "This invention relates to that class of steam-engines which contain two or more cylinders and connected pistons moving therein, and in which the steam is admitted to a chamber formed at the junction of the cylinders and admitted from said intermediate chamber to the outer ends of the cylinders and exhausted therefrom by a rotary valve. The object of our invention is to produce a simple engine of this kind which is composed of comparatively few parts, which can be constructed at small expense, and which is easily kept in order."
    Steam-engine Frank A. Shoemaker Buffalo, NY  
424,183 Mar. 25, 1890 Reversing-valve for steam-engines Joseph W. Dennis Buffalo, NY
    Reversing-valve for steam-engines Frank A. Shoemaker Buffalo, NY  
437,941 Oct. 07, 1890 Steam-engine Frank A. Shoemaker Buffalo, NY "This invention relates to that class of reciprocating steam-engines which are provided with two single-acting pistons secured together and moving in cylinders arranged in line with each other."