Higley Machine Co. - Assigned Patents

Manufacturers Index - Higley Machine Co.

Higley Machine Co.
New York, NY; Croton Falls, NY; South Norwalk, CT, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery

Patents

This page contains information on patents issued to this manufacturer.

Submitting Patent Information

If you find a patent number or patent date by this manufacturer that is not on this list, please contact the Site Historian.

Key to Links for Patent Information

USPTO = U.S. Patent Office . Images of the actual patent can be viewed on the U.S. Patent Office web site but a special TIFF viewer must be installed with your browser in order properly work. More information on how to configure your computer to view these patents can be found at TIFF image Viewers for Patent Images.
DATAMP = Directory of American Tool And Machinery Patents . A sister site to VintageMachinery.org with information on patents related to machinery and tools. A much easier user interface than the USPTO's for finding information on machinery patents.

Patent Number	Date	Title	Name	City	Description
25,787	Jan. 17, 1887	Railway tie	Eben Neally Higley	Somersworth, NH
389,149	Sep. 04, 1888	Machine for sawing and drilling railroad-rails	Eben N. Higley	Somersworth, NH	Eben N. Higley was a fairly prolific inventor. This patent was the basis of the famous Higley cold sawing machine which for decades was a fixture in railroad shops. Numerous improvements to the saw were made over the years. This first patent's most important feature was the mechanism for driving the blade, which used holes near the blade rim that meshed with pins on the sides of bevel gears at the top of the blade; the bottom half of the blade did the cutting. This inversion of the usual sawing arrangement was likely to avoid having to raise the railroad rails much above the ground or, alternatively, requiring a pit for the bottom part of the machine.
29,863	Sep. 14, 1888	Machine for sawing and drilling railway rails	Eben Neally Higley	Somersworth, NH	This is the Canadian equivalent of US patent 389,149.
415,780	Nov. 26, 1889	Machine for drilling railway-rails, &c.	Eben N. Higley	Somersworth, NH
417,093	Dec. 10, 1889	Brush attachment for sawing-machines	Joseph Robison	Greenbush, Rensselaer County, NY	"My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in brush attachments for milling-cutters and metal-sawing machines, and is particularly adapted for use in connection with rail-sawing machines of the general character shown and described in the patent to Eben N. Higley, No. 389,149, dated September 4, 1888. In sawing-machines of the type shown in said Higley patent th efficiency of the action of the teeth is dependent in great measure upon clearing the notches between said teeth, as the latter come in contact with the metal to be sawed, of obstructions which otherwise tend to accumulate in said notches and diminish the clearance of the teeth..." We do not have direct evidence that this patent was used by Higley Sawing & Drilling Machine Co., but we assume that it was.
460,679	Oct. 06, 1891	Machine for cutting metals	Wilberforce B. Hammond	Boston, MA	This drilling and sawing machine was primarily intended for use on railroad rails. Wilberforce Beecher Hammond received several patents, most related to mining or fire extinguishers. We have not found any connection between him and the Higley company or company founder Eben N. Higley, except for this patent. In 1893, Hammond has sales manager at the Ticonderoga Machine Company, 126 Liberty St., New York, NY, and was responsible for manufacturing and selling the Ticonderoga Air Engine, which had been patented by Woodbury, Merrill, Patten and Woodbury.
555,696	Mar. 03, 1896	Machine for cutting railroad-rails	Wilberforce B. Hammond	Boston, MA	Improvements to the sawing machine of patent 389,149.
54,653	Jan. 18, 1897	Sulky	Eben Neally Higley	Somersworth, NH
772,154	Oct. 11, 1904	Cold-metal saw-blade	Charles A. Juengst	Croton Falls, NY	This patent covers the use of ATB (alternate top bevel) teeth on a circular saw blade for cutting metal. The truly distinctive feature of the bladeâ€”a feature not covered by the patentâ€”is the ring of holes close to the rim of the saw that are used to drive the sawblade. This blade and its driving method were used on the well-known Higley cold saw of patent 799,987.
799,987	Sep. 19, 1905	Cold-metal-sawing machine	Charles A. Juengst	Croton Falls, NY	This patent covers the method to supply oil to the saw teeth via a bath for the bottom portion of the blade, and a yielding mechanism for the feed carriage.
822,670	Jun. 05, 1906	Metal-sawing machine	Charles A. Juengst	Croton Falls, NY	This patent covers improvements to adapt the saw for large and heavy work. These improvements were apparently successful, as the Higley cold saw was widely used by railways.
849,793	Apr. 09, 1907	Metal-sawing machine	Charles A. Juengst	Croton Falls, NY	This patent covers a mechanism to disconnect the feed under excessive load.
861,368	Jul. 30, 1907	Insertible teeth for saw-blades	Charles A. Juengst	Croton Falls, NY
864,424	Aug. 27, 1907	Machine for sawing metal	Charles A. Juengst	Croton Falls, NY	Improvements to the Higley cold saw design to better adapt it for small work, including a friction feed mechanism.
870,180	Nov. 05, 1907	Machine for sawing metals	Charles A. Juengst	Croton Falls, NY	Improvements to patent 864,424 by slowing down the gravity-return stock-feeding mechanism. This patent date is recorded on a saw in the collection of the Yakima Valley Transportation Co.: "Cut Off Saw, belt driven; Higley Machine Co., patent November 5, 1907".
1,012,204	Dec. 19, 1911	Metal-sawing machine	Charles A. Juengst	Croton Falls, NY	Improvements to patent 849,793 to simplify and improve the design of the feed-yielding mechanism.
1,014,481	Jan. 09, 1912	Clutch	Charles A. Juengst	Croton Falls, NY	This patent covers the clutch used in the cold sawing machine of patent 1,014,481.
142,651	Sep. 03, 1912	Pruning implement	Eben Neally Higley	Somersworth, NH
1,596,132	Aug. 17, 1926	Clutch mechanism	Lyman M. Waite	South Norwalk, CT	This patent covers "alarm devices" that signal clutch slippage.