Acme Mfg. Co. (Michigan) - Assigned Patents

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Acme Mfg. Co. (Michigan)
Madison Heights, MI; Auburn Hills, MI; Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Company Website: http://www.acmemfg.com/
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number	Date	Title	Name	City	Description
671,039	Apr. 02, 1901	Screw Driver	George E. Wood	Southington, CT	A early Patent for George E. Wood involving the use of steel in the handle to protect the from blows of a hammer. Not sure but on the patent description its for screwdriver &c., Chisel? He does mention its uses for chisel as well. Also note the pin is driven through the upper part of the handle, engaging the 'winged' section. Examples marked Stanley, Hurwood Pat.Apr.02,01. Made in USA, on the blade. Samples are pinned through the bolster at the lower end of the handle, no "wings" are present, it appears to look like all the other early Hurwood screw drivers.
1,430,624	Oct. 03, 1922	Polishing machine	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI	Gustave Alben Carlson (1876-1963) was born in Aldersback, Swden, and moved to Detroit age 14. He worked with Henry Leland among others. In 1906 he established Acme Mfg. Co., manufacturer of grinding and polishing machines, many of which were highly automated and specialized for finished automotive components. His sons, Glen A. Carlson and George R. Carlson, both designed and patented machinery for Acme Mfg.
1,430,625	Oct. 03, 1922	Work-holding device	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI
1,477,426	Dec. 11, 1923	Polishing machine	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI
1,537,004	May. 05, 1925	Sash-regulating device	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI
1,583,221	May. 04, 1926	Chain and wheel for sash-regulating devices	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI
1,646,979	Oct. 25, 1927	Window regulator	John Hayward Parsons	Ferndale, MI
1,661,652	Mar. 06, 1928	Lever sash regulator	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI
1,671,571	May. 29, 1928	Sash-regulating device	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI
1,725,506	Aug. 20, 1929	Chain and wheel drive	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI
1,738,356	Dec. 03, 1929	Buffing and polishing machine	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI
1,871,494	Aug. 16, 1932	Grinding and polishing machine	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI	This machine is adapted for polishing hemispherical and parabolic shells such as automobile headlight enclosures.
2,000,216	May. 07, 1935	Grinding machine	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI	The specific application mentioned for this grinding machine is for smoothing the interior of skillets; see also patent 2,059,437.
2,059,437	Nov. 03, 1936	Work holding machine	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI	Like the inventor's patent 2,000,216, this machine was adapted for finishing skillets.
2,059,724	Nov. 03, 1936	Finishing machine	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI	This machine is adapted for finishing tubes and shafts. See also patent 2,095,595.
2,095,595	Oct. 12, 1937	Finishing machine	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI	This machine is adapted for finishing tubes and shafts. See also patent 2,059,724.
2,106,082	Jan. 18, 1938	Adjustable finishing machine	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI	The application mentioned for this machine is polishing hub caps.
2,118,548	May. 24, 1938	Polishing and buffing machine	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI	This polishing machine is intended for finishing "screw heads, rivets, pins, lock barrel facings and similar objects".
2,166,461	Jul. 18, 1939	Work supporting table	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI	The innovation is a polishing and buffing machine with a circular work-table that rotates a series of workpieces through several stations to progressively finish each workpiece. The application specifically cited is finishing leaf-hinge components.
2,166,859	Jul. 18, 1939	Finishing machine	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI	A circular-workstation machine similar to that of patent 2,166,461. The mechanism to periodically advance the angular position of the work-table is a "Geneva mechanism" as is used in mechanical clocks and watches. A specific application is alluded to ("The work pieces... are substantially U-shape, and are of channel section...") but not made explicit.
2,203,488	Jun. 04, 1940	Polishing and buffing machine	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI	Refinements to automated polishing and buffing machinery intended for irregularly shaped workpieces. The refinements are aimed at reducing inertia of the moving components so that the machine can be operated faster, and in maintaining a constant force between polisher/buffer head and the workpiece.
2,252,594	Aug. 12, 1941	Rotary work holding machine	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI	"This invention relates to apparatus for grinding and polishing metal objects and has for its primary object to provide a machine for removing weld flashes from trim articles such as, for example, the garnish moldings which ordinarily decorate window openings of automobiles."
2,272,055	Feb. 03, 1942	Polishing and grinding machine	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI	This machine is a refinement of patent 2,166,461 to allow it to handle concave surfaces. The application shown is finishing the interior of hemispherical shells such as hub caps or headlight enclosures.
RE22,539	Sep. 05, 1944	Polishing and buffing machine	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI
2,377,991	Jun. 12, 1945	Automatic abrading machine	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI	This grinding machine is specialized for the finishing to size of a hemispherical washer to very narrow tolerances.
2,377,992	Jun. 12, 1945	Automatic turret grinding or polishing machine	Gustave A. Carlson	Detroit, MI	This specialized grinding and polishing machine is a companion to that of patent 2,377,991. The present machine is intended for removing the burr after precisely boring the hole of a hemispherical washer.
2,452,976	Nov. 02, 1948	Roll adjusting mechanism	Forrest R. Whitcomb	Worcester, MA	This polishing machine is intended for knife blades. The innovation is an adjustable angle between the two rolls to accommodate tapered blades.
2,505,223	Apr. 25, 1950	Glazing and polishing machine	Forrest R. Whitcomb	Worcester, MA	This polishing machine is intended for "mirror-finishing" knife blades.
2,544,625	Mar. 06, 1951	Work holder	Forrest R. Whitcomb	Worcester, MA	This work holder is intended for use with the polishing machine of patent 2,505,223.
2,722,784	Nov. 08, 1955	Buffing head	Otto Thiel	Detroit, MI	The assignee, Midwest Supply & Mfg. Co., was established by George R. Carlson in 1947. Carlson was the son of Gustave A. Carlson, who was the owner of Acme Mfg. Co.; the two firms were in direct competition with one another, and at some point Midwest Supply & Mfg. Co. sold their automated buffing and polishing machinery lineup to Acme.
2,722,786	Nov. 08, 1955	Belt polisher lathe	Glen A. Carlson	Detroit, MI	One application mentioned for this automated polishing machine is finishing bumperettes. It is possible that this patent was used by Midwest Supply & Mfg. Co. before it went to Acme. Mfg. Co. We have seen this patent number listed on a plate on an Acme sander.
2,722,788	Nov. 08, 1955	Abrading or polishing machine	Otto Thiel	Detroit, MI	"The present invention relates to a machine for finishing the leading edge radius on jet turbine blades..."
2,748,546	Jun. 05, 1956	Machine for grinding, polishing, buffing or the like	Harold A. Lane	Birmingham, MI	"In a common application a work piece or a series of work pieces are advanced sequentially past the finishing machine. In many cases the work piece has an irregular contour..."
2,844,922	Jul. 29, 1958	Apparatus for finishing a surface of a work piece	Otto Thiel	Detroit, MI	Rotary support for a work piece, and means for simultaneously moving the piece in rotation and perpendicular to that axis.
2,860,457	Nov. 18, 1958	Wheel spool adapter	Glen A. Carlson	Detroit, MI	Quick-change mechanism for finishing wheels.
2,900,770	Aug. 25, 1959	Rotary work supporting and indexing apparatus	George R. Carlson	Birmingham, MI	Improvements to a polishing machine with rotary work table holding several workpieces that are advanced through a series of polishing steps. See the inventor's father's patent 2,166,461.
2,947,122	Aug. 02, 1960	Adjustable spindle for buffing wheels and the like	Otto Thiel	Detroit, MI
2,955,392	Oct. 11, 1960	Belt pulley and bearing assembly	Glen A. Carlson	Bloomfield Hills, MI	Mechanisms for the polisher-head assembly of patent 2,860,457.
2,986,854	Jun. 06, 1961	Automatic timing and indexing mechanism for wheel wear adjustment	John Ross	Detroit, MI	Improvements to patent 2,947,122.
3,039,236	Jun. 19, 1962	Universally adjustable buffing and like apparatus	Harold A. Lane	Birmingham, MI	Improvements to patent 2,748,546.
		Universally adjustable buffing and like apparatus	Otto Thiel	Detroit, MI
3,044,367	Jul. 17, 1962	Double end tube deburring machine	Otto Thiel	Detroit, MI
4,021,970	May. 10, 1977	Wide abrasive belt tension and oscillation assembly	Witold C. Przygocki	Southfield, MI	"An abrasive belt tension and oscillating assembly for use with wide belts resulting in the use of long and heavy rolls and mounting frames requiring heavy duty supports for the ends of the pivotally mounted tension roll and further requiring stabilizers in the form of dual guide pins with rack and gear construction for uniform movement of the idle or tension roll assembly and uniform tension on the belt regardless of the width and position of the belt."