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Barnes Tool Co.
New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number	Date	Title	Name	City	Description
186,099	Jan. 09, 1877	Pipe Tongs and Cutter	Elbridge F. Barnes	New Haven, CT	The patent describes an adjustable tongs with a reversible jaw that has a cutter on one end and a pipe-gripping tooth on the other. The drawings show this piece as curved, and the specifications say it could be curved or straight. Early Barnes Patent Tongs cite this patent; but they actually correspond to Barnes' July 31, 1883 patent (no. 282,256). M.E. Frog was the first manufacturer, Barnes Tool produced it after 1883. Barnes also patented and produced a "three-wheel" pipe cutter (see pat. no. 282,435 & subsequent improvements).
219,139	Sep. 02, 1879	Improvement in sawing-machines	Elbridge F. Barnes	Fair Haven, CT	An improvement to Joseph A. Talpey's patent 35,790. This patent date was seen on a hand-powered saw from Barnes Tool Co.
222,000	Nov. 25, 1879	Improvement in cartridge-capping implements	George A. Barnes	Fair Haven, CT
282,256	Jul. 31, 1883	Combined Pipe Tongs and Wrench	Elbridge F. Barnes	New Haven, CT	It resembles Barnes' January 9, 1877 patent (no. 186,099) in many respects. The main body is to be cast in one piece; the reversible jaw has a flat wrench surface on one end and pipe teeth on the other. Known examples are unmarked or have the January 9, 1877 patent marking (see that patent for more info.) Late 19th Century hardware catalog listings and a 1905 ad for the BARNES tongs shows both patent dates.
282,435	Jul. 31, 1883	Pipe Cutter	Elbridge F. Barnes	New Haven, CT	Three-wheel pipe cutter with the cutters in a cast or malleable frame. The movable jaw is adjusted by a screw. The construction provides ability to cut pipe by a rocking motion of the tool where it is not possible to make a complete rotation of the tool around the pipe. The patent claims the attachment of the adjusting screw to the movable jaw and aspects of the cutter wheels and pivot pins. The cutter wheels and pivot pins were the subject of a second patent (no. 287,899 granted Nov. 6, 1883). Improved by patent no. 301,080; the tool was produced as the BARNES IMPROVED PIPE CUTTER.
287,899	Nov. 06, 1883	Pipe-cutter	Elbridge F. Barnes	New Haven, CT	The original patent application was divided. See patent no. 282,435 granted July 31, 1883. The focus of this patent includes the convex face of the cutter wheels, and the tapered pivot pins.
301,080	Jul. 01, 1884	Outside pipe-cutter	Elbridge F. Barnes	New Haven, CT	Modification to the frame in 287,899. The two-piece construction makes it easier to assemble the parts, as the sliding piece with the adjustable cutter can be slid onto the frame, and then the second frame portion with the adjusting screw attached. BARNES IMPROVED PIPE CUTTER was based on patent no. 282,435 and subsequent improvements.
		Outside pipe-cutter	Lorenzo C. Strickland	New Haven, CT
307,163	Oct. 28, 1884	Pipe Tongs or Wrench	Elbridge F. Barnes	New Haven, CT	The distinctive feature of this wrench is the rocking jaw face with the lever on the movable jaw. The adjusting ring turns on teeth segments cut in the corners of the rectangular shank. The Barnes Tool Company marketed this wrench in standard sizes; late 19th Century catalogs show 10 inch, 14 inch and 18 inch sizes.
		Pipe Tongs or Wrench	George A. Barnes	New Haven, CT
330,369	Nov. 17, 1885	Wrench	George Asa Barnes	New Haven, CT	The base of the adjusting screw extends into the ferule, where a supplemental cam lever can apply additional gripping pressure. A secondary nut at the end of the handle can be tightened to hold the cam lever in the closed position. If this design was produced, it likely would have been made by Barnes Tool Co., New Haven, CT.
331,603	Dec. 01, 1885	Lathe-chuck	George A. Barnes	New Haven, CT
338,695	Mar. 30, 1886	Cutter-head	Elbridge F. Barnes	New Haven, CT	"My invention relates to an improvement in cutters for wood-working machines, the object being to produce an effective cutter for hand or foot power or other slow-running machines."
339,813	Apr. 13, 1886	Wrench	John Ryan	New York, NY	The handle is formed of two sections, one of which contains the socket in which the base of the adjusting screw rests. The handle sections are held together by two sets of "mortise & tenon." This patent was improved by the Ryans' 1892 patent (no. 476,079), and the resulting wrench is marked BARNES TOOL CO. // PAT 1886 IMPR 1892.
		Wrench	Patrick Ryan	New York, NY
404,377	Jun. 04, 1889	Convertible machine for grooving and sawing wood	Elbridge F. Barnes	New Haven, CT
439,373	Oct. 28, 1890	Tenoning-machine	Elbridge F. Barnes	New Haven, CT	We have not seen any direct evidence that the inventor's company produced this machine but we assume they did; they were not heavy advertisers and we have not seen any surviving catalogs so it is difficult to be certain of anything related to Barnes Tool Co.
448,195	Mar. 17, 1891	Boring attachment for sawing machine	Elbridge F. Barnes	New Haven, CT	A hand-cranked tablesaw from "E. F. Barnes / New Haven, Ct." is reported.
476,079	May. 31, 1892	Wrench	John Ryan	New York, NY	The patent is an improvement on pat. no. 339,813. The improvement is for firmer connections between the handle portions, and a firmer connection of the adjusting screw to the handle. The wrench using these patents is marked "BARNES TOOL CO // PAT 1886 IMPR 1892"
640,171	Jan. 02, 1900	Box-machine	George A. Barnes	New Haven, CT	This machine makes paper boxes from a continuous web of paper. The inventor was associated with the Barnes Tool Co. but we cannot confirm that they manufactured this machine.
649,392	May. 08, 1900	Device for applying glue to paper boxes	George A. Barnes	New Haven, CT	This machine makes paper boxes from a continuous web of paper. The inventor was associated with the Barnes Tool Co. but we cannot confirm that they manufactured this machine.
941,487	Nov. 30, 1909	Match-scratcher	George A. Barnes	New Haven, CT