Charles Parker Co. - Assigned Patents

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Charles Parker Co.
Meriden, CT; New Britain, CT, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number	Date	Title	Name	City	Description
11,137	Jun. 20, 1854	Cast-Iron Vise	Charles Parker	Meriden, CT
57,957	Sep. 11, 1866	Improvement in Vises	Charles Parker	Meriden, CT
65,114	May. 28, 1867	Improved Vise	Benjamin F. Perkins	North Adams, MA	use by C. Parker likely but need confirmation
71,498	Nov. 26, 1867	Improvement in Bench-Vises	Charles L. Kingsley	Meriden, CT
71,885	Dec. 10, 1867	Improvement in Clamp-Screws	Charles L. Kingsley	Meriden, CT	Clamping handle and nut
72,327	Dec. 17, 1867	Improvement in vises	Thomas W. Porter	Boston, MA	The patent specification does not list an assignment but the reissue was assigned, "by mesne assignments", to C. Parker of Meriden, Conn.
		Improvement in vises	Henry K. Porter	Boston, MA
140,269	Jun. 24, 1873	Improvement in Vises	Thomas Hall	Florence, MA	Improvements in the handle and operation.
RE5,653	Nov. 11, 1873	Improvement in vises	Thomas W. Porter	Boston, MA	The invention is a screw that prevents the handle from shifting in the screw-head, which was useful in preventing "blood-blisters" and in preventing accidental loosening of the vise, especially when the holding pressure had to be gentle.
		Improvement in vises	Henry K. Porter	Boston, MA
164,604	Jun. 15, 1875	Improvement in drills for drilling metal	Henry Smith	Meriden, CT
196,380	Oct. 23, 1877	Combined Anvil and Vise	Charles A. Parker	Worcester, MA	An early vise by Charles A. Parker vise. Appears to have be made by Richardson Mfg. Co. I've seen some examples with a "380" cast on the lower edge of the vise which appears to be the last 3 digits of the patent number.
8,442	Feb. 23, 1878	Improvements on combined anvils and vises	Charles A. Parker	Worcester, MA	This is the Canadian equivalent of US patent 196,380 and it appears that this vise. This Canadian patent is assigned to Edwin P. Curtis, who worked for agricultural implement maker Richardson Mfg. Co. The vise was manufactured by the Richardson company. The inventor had his own vise company, the Chas. Parker Co., but they did not sell this type of vise.
319,743	Jun. 09, 1885	Bench Vise	Stephen O. Parker	Meriden, CT
808,960	Jan. 02, 1906	Vise Slide	Eli M. Walker	Meriden, CT
903,345	Nov. 10, 1908	Double Swivel Vise	Eli M. Walker	Meriden, CT
976,521	Nov. 22, 1910	Swivel-base vise	Eli M. Walker	Meriden, CT	This patent was seen on a vise marked, "C. Parker Co. / Meriden, Conn."
1,106,602	Aug. 11, 1914	Swivel Vise	Victor E. Walker	Meriden, CT	Improved base and locking design where the square heads of the locking bolts bear on a locking plate instead of the base which also avoids the requirement to provide a finely finished surface base. This patent was applied to their No. 19 vise. Known example marked C.PARKER CO. as well as CHAS. PARKER CO.
		Swivel Vise	Percy H. D. Walker	Meriden, CT
1,778,576	Oct. 14, 1930	Clamping element for vises and similar articles	Percy H. D. Walker	Meriden, CT	This patent date was seen on a number 436 vise from Chas. Parker Co.