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Brennan & Co., South Western Agricultural Works
Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
20,631 Jun. 22, 1858 Evaporating Pan D. M. Cook Mansfield, Richland County, OH
RE867 Dec. 20, 1859 Evaporating Pan D. M. Cook Mansfield, Richland County, OH
192,076 Jun. 19, 1877 Improvement in cane-mills Abraham G. Munn Louisville, KY
    Improvement in cane-mills Charles T. Clark Louisville, KY  
    Improvement in cane-mills Thomas Brennan Louisville, KY  
242,726 Jun. 07, 1881 Sorghum or Sugar Evaporator William Williams Louisville, Jefferson County, KY Abstract:
The object of my invention is to provide in a cane-juice-evaporating pan two preparing compartments of different depths, with their bottoms upon the same plane and provided with skimmers at different altitudes, and with outflow-gates, and also gated finishing compartments in connection therewith.
Claim:
In a cane-juice-evaporating pan, the combination of compartments, D D', of different depths, the skimmers, E E', at the upper edge of the partitions, c c', and at different altitudes with respect to the bottom of the compartments, D D', and the gates, F F'.
324,059 Aug. 11, 1885 Feed mechanism for sawmill carriages Harvey R. Wolfe Louisville, KY
335,729 Feb. 09, 1886 Circular-saw mill Harvey R. Wolfe Louisville, KY
395,373 Jan. 01, 1889 Saw-mill dog Harvey R. Wolfe Louisville, KY
470,289 Mar. 08, 1892 Saw-mill dog Edward Christman Louisville, KY Brennan & Co., South Western Agricultural Works merged with the South-Western Agricultural Co. Thomas Brennan was the one who merged the two. After the merger he was the company president. His residence is now a Louisville historic site.
473,234 Apr. 19, 1892 Grain-drill Edward Christman Louisville, KY
    Grain-drill William G. Munn Louisville, KY  
543,573 Jul. 30, 1895 Seeding-machine William J. Dealtry Louisville, KY
607,914 Jul. 26, 1898 Seeding Machine Edward Christman Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
613,115 Oct. 25, 1898 Shoe for grain-drills Edward Christman Louisville, KY
    Shoe for grain-drills Thomas Brennan Louisville, KY  
631,844 Aug. 29, 1899 Seeding-Machine Thomas Brennan Jr. Louisville, Jefferson County, KY Abstract:
My invention consists in certain new and useful improvements in seeding-machines, some of which are applicable to either the runner or shoe drill or the disk drill, and relates to the novel construction and arrangement of the lifting or drag bar controlling device and the manner of mounting the drag- bars, the feed-disengaging mechanism, the construction and arrangement of the furrow-openers or disks, and the application of roller or ball bearings to the disks and the main axle of the seeding-machine.
Claim:
In a seeding-machine, the lifting device consisting of a lever with arms, one of which has pivotal connection, with a rod whose free end is supported by a collar, a balance-spring supported by said rod and normally in line with the fulcrum of said lever, and mechanism intermediate the rocker -shaft and the other arm of said lever.
716,190 Dec. 16, 1902 Hub-bearing Edward Christman Louisville, KY This bearing is intended primarily for use in disc plows or furrow-openers but "is applicable to other journal-bearings, and is especially applicable where...there is a likelihood of dirt, sand or grit getting into the bearings."