Brennan & Co., South Western Agricultural Works - Assigned Patents

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

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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
102,847	May. 10, 1870	Improvement in head-blocks of saw-mills	Cornelius Meiners	Indianapolis, IN	The book "The American Cane Mill" mentions that Brennan & Co. "manufactured Meiner's head blocks" in addition to cane mills. At the 1883 Indiana State Agricultural Fair: Sinker, Davis & Co. exhibited "a set of Meiner head-blocks for saw-mills. These are so well and favorably known to saw-mill men as to need no description. In connection with these head-blocks is the Morse dog, which is a valuable addition to them."
98,647	Jul. 04, 1870	Wheel Harrow	A. L. P. Vairin	Ripley, Tippah County, MS	Abstract: This invention relates to harrows, and consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter specified. Claim: I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent: In combination with the frame A, the disk's B, arranged to rotate on the laxle B, bent at its centre.
168,762	Oct. 11, 1875	Harrow	Leonidas H. McGinnes	Woodstock, Shenandoah County, VA	Abstract: My invention relates to harrows and cultivators and consists in a harrow-frame having converging detachable side pieces and central brace, in combination with reversible tooth-bars; also, in a rockshaft applied to the rear end of the harrow-frame, provided with wheels for adjusting while at work, and transporting the harrow to and from the field, which wheels may be operated independently of the harrow-teeth; also, in a novel combination of a flanged washer with each tooth and the beam. These washers embrace the shank of the tooth under the beam, and the flanges clasp the lower edges of the beam, binding them together and adding the strength of the washers to the weak parts of the beam and teeth; also, in a novel shape of the harrow- teeth, whereby they are strengthened on the line of the draft, and are enabled to cut the soil with great facility and the least resistance. Claim: The harrow-frame having the converging detachable side pieces B and central brace F, in combination with the reversible tooth-bars C.
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."