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Manufacturers Index - Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton

Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton
Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
173 Dec. 06, 1869 Saw swage Simon Kinney ON, Canada Kinney is described as a machinist.
382,325 May. 08, 1888 Saw-tooth swage James B. Rhodes Cheboygan, MI This patent was the genesis in 1886 of Baldwin, Rhodes & Co., which became Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton in 1891.
402,770 May. 07, 1889 Saw-tooth-swaging device James B. Rhodes Grand Rapids, MI This patent improves on the inventor's patent 382,325, to simplify it, to improve support for the anvil, to adapt it to both circular and straight saws, and to improve its accuracy.
31,708 Jul. 02, 1889 Saw swaging machine James B. Rhodes Grand Rapids, MI This is the Canadian equivalent of US patent 449,431.
441,701 Dec. 02, 1890 Device for side-dressing saw-teeth James B. Rhodes Grand Rapids, MI
445,339 Jan. 27, 1891 Saw-tooth swage James B. Rhodes Grand Rapids, MI
449,431 Mar. 31, 1891 Saw-swaging machine James B. Rhodes Grand Rapids, MI Improvements to the saw swage of patent 382,325, to make it better able to handle inserted-tooth saws.
458,841 Sep. 01, 1891 Saw-swage Warren W. Annable Grand Rapids, MI
502,319 Aug. 01, 1893 Saw-gummer James B. Rhodes Grand Rapids, MI
504,404 Sep. 05, 1893 Saw-grinding machine James B. Rhodes Grand Rapids, MI This sharpening machine is adapted for straight saws and especially band saws.
568,295 Sep. 22, 1896 Side dresser for saw-teeth George M. Brown Franklin, LA Seen in a 1904 Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton catalog.
612,698 Oct. 18, 1898 Bandsaw-grinder Orrin B. Bolton Grand Rapids, MI
D29,785 Dec. 13, 1898 Design for a cigar-shield Frank A. Baldwin Grand Rapids, MI The patentee was partner and general manager in sharpening machinery manufacturer Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton.
642,664 Feb. 06, 1900 Card-case for duplicate whist Frank A. Baldwin Grand Rapids, MI The patentee was partner and general manager in sharpening machinery manufacturer Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton.
909,727 Apr. 18, 1911 Tooth-bending attachments Hayden W. Sage Grand Rapids, MI
1,075,321 Oct. 14, 1913 Machine element Melvin D. Baldwin Grand Rapids, MI Improvement to knife grinding machines, "to provide means for clamping the tilting table to which the knife is attached at any desired angle of adjustment, to provide means whereby this angle may be accurately determined..."
This patent number is given in the 1914 Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton catalog, for their "Latest Design Style D Automatic Cup Wheel Knife Grinder". A picture on page 152 shows the "Patented Hand Wheel, Lock Lever and Granted Scale Device for Knife Bar Adjustment. Patented Oct. 14, 1913. No. 1075321."
1,106,574 Aug. 11, 1914 Lifting and stopping device Bruno Edward Marshall Williams, AZ Improvement to knife grinding machines "which will stop the feeding mechanism of the machine after it has traveled a predetermined distance..."
This patent number is given in the 1914 Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton catalog, an optional extra for their "B. T. & B. Cup Wheel and Straight Wheel Knife Grinding Machines". A picture on page 159 shows the "Marshall Automatic Stop for Predetermining and Equalizing the Grind. Patent Applied For."
1,214,241 Jan. 30, 1917 Universal knife-holding bar Victor M. Tuthill Grand Rapids, MI
1,464,959 Aug. 14, 1923 Grinding-wheel-truing device Victor M. Tuthill Grand Rapids, MI