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Manufacturers Index - Jones Safety Device Co.

Jones Safety Device Co.
Hamilton, ON, Canada
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
57,858 Oct. 21, 1897 Improvement in grain-grinder plates James Melvin Jones ON, Canada Of interest because co-inventor James Melvin Jones went on to establish the Jones Safety Device Co., makers of safety guards for woodworking and metalworking machinery. This patent describes James Melvin Jones as a manufacturer and Emerald Elson Jones as a miller. The two men were brothers, according to genealogical information found online.
    Improvement in grain-grinder plates Emerald Elson Jones ON, Canada  
88,055 Jun. 28, 1904 Improvement in wind-mills James Melvin Jones ON, Canada Of interest because the inventor went on to establish the Jones Safety Device Co., makers of safety guards for woodworking and metalworking machinery.
98,800 May. 01, 1906 Improvement in guards for buzz planers or jointers James Melvin Jones ON, Canada
115,753 Dec. 22, 1908 Guard for circular saws James Melvin Jones ON, Canada
955,408 Apr. 19, 1910 Safety device for wood shaping machines James Melvin Jones Buffalo, NY
128,728 Oct. 18, 1910 Safety guard for stamping presses James Melvin Jones Buffalo, NY
128,856 Oct. 25, 1910 Safety guard for stamping presses James Melvin Jones ON, Canada This patent was subsequently improved in patent 138,029.
976,181 Nov. 22, 1910 Safety-guard for stamping-machines James Melvin Jones Buffalo, NY
977,953 Dec. 06, 1910 Safety-guard for stamping-presses James Melvin Jones Buffalo, NY
129,725 Dec. 06, 1910 Safety guard for stamping machines James Melvin Jones ON, Canada
983,373 Feb. 07, 1911 Device for laying underground wires James Melvin Jones Buffalo, NY Of interest because the inventor established the Jones Safety Device Co. of Hamilton, Ontario and Buffalo, New York, a firm that made safety guards for woodworking and metalworking machinery.
1,001,858 Aug. 29, 1911 Safety-guard James Melvin Jones ON, Canada "This invention relates to a safety guard and it has more particular reference to that type of device which is adapted for use upon punching, stamping, cutting, embossing and drawing presses and similar machines as a safeguard against the operator's fingers or hands getting caught when the operative parts are brought into use."
1,004,574 Oct. 03, 1911 Coupling device James Melvin Jones ON, Canada
1,004,575 Oct. 03, 1911 Chain James Melvin Jones ON, Canada
1,005,775 Oct. 10, 1911 Safety-guard for stamping-presses James Melvin Jones Buffalo, NY
138,029 Jan. 23, 1912 Safety guard for stamping presses James Melvin Jones ON, Canada Improvements to patent 128,728.
1,020,827 Mar. 19, 1912 Safety-guard for stamping-presses James Melvin Jones ON, Canada
142,165 Aug. 06, 1912 Safety guards for stamping and other presses James Melvin Jones ON, Canada Improvements to US patent 1,020,827.
1,041,092 Oct. 15, 1912 Safety-guard for foot or screw presses James Melvin Jones ON, Canada
1,042,445 Oct. 29, 1912 Safety-guard for stamping and other presses James Melvin Jones ON, Canada
144,657 Dec. 10, 1912 Planer mechanism James Melvin Jones ON, Canada
145,424 Jan. 21, 1913 Safety guard for foot or screw presses James Melvin Jones ON, Canada
1,054,558 Feb. 25, 1913 Self-adjusting support for circular-saw and shaper guards James Melvin Jones ON, Canada An example is seen labeled with this patent date plus "JONES GUARDS" plus "S" and "H" below and on either side.