Farnham Manufacturing Co.; Wiesner-Rapp Co. - Assigned Patents

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Farnham Manufacturing Co.; Wiesner-Rapp Co.
Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number	Date	Title	Name	City	Description
2,161,028	Jun. 06, 1939	Conduit cleaner	Paul P. M. Dubosclard	Buffalo, NY	An improvement to the conduit cleaner of patent 2,074,213, which was granted to this patent's assignee, Katherine V. Deem. This conduit cleaner is intended "particularly for the pipes in paper making plants". The inventor was president of Farnham Mfg. Co., which manufactured paper-making machinery. At the time of this patent they had already switched their focus to machinery for manufacturing aircraft frames, especially wings.
2,271,717	Feb. 03, 1942	Countersinking and blind drilling machine	Arthur A. Schwartz	Buffalo, NY	This patent and several others were licensed by Bell Aircraft Corp. to Farnham and subsequently to Wiesner-Rapp. They were the subject of a large and complex 1967 lawsuit related to taxes, Bell Intercontinental Corporation v. The United States. See link.
2,284,972	Jun. 02, 1942	Work support and hold-down mechanism	George Carson	Buffalo, NY	This patent and several others were licensed by Bell Aircraft Corp. to Farnham and subsequently to Wiesner-Rapp. They were the subject of a large and complex 1967 lawsuit related to taxes, Bell Intercontinental Corporation v. The United States. See link.
2,341,194	Feb. 08, 1944	Milling machine	Le Roy F. Maurer	Buffalo, NY	This patent and several others were licensed by Bell Aircraft Corp. to Farnham and subsequently to Wiesner-Rapp. They were the subject of a large and complex 1967 lawsuit related to taxes, Bell Intercontinental Corporation v. The United States. See link.
		Milling machine	Arthur A. Schwartz	Buffalo, NY
2,350,037	May. 30, 1944	Amphibian vehicle	Charles D. Thomas	Buffalo, NY	Co-inventor Paul Dubosclard was president of Farnham Mfg. Co., which made machinery for manufacturing aircraft wings. Given Dubosclard's importance to that firm and to the war effort it is hard to understand how he had the time to also help design an amphibious car.
		Amphibian vehicle	Roger W. Hofheins	Buffalo, NY
		Amphibian vehicle	Carlos E. Harrington	Buffalo, NY
		Amphibian vehicle	Paul P. M. Dubosclard	Buffalo, NY
2,409,903	Oct. 22, 1946	Machine for shaping stock	Arthur A. Schwartz	Buffalo, NY	This patent and several others were licensed by Bell Aircraft Corp. to Farnham and subsequently to Wiesner-Rapp. They were the subject of a large and complex 1967 lawsuit related to taxes, Bell Intercontinental Corporation v. The United States. See link.
2,410,603	Nov. 05, 1946	Forming roll	Paul P. M. Dubosclard	Buffalo, NY	This forming roll was likely intended for use in forming the leading edge of airplane wings. The inventor was past president of Farnham Mfg. Co.â€”early in the war he had to resign that role so that he could focus on designing their machinery for manufacturing aircraft wings.
2,612,934	Oct. 07, 1952	Forming roll machine	Paul P. M. Dubosclard	Buffalo, NY	This forming roll was intended for use in forming the leading edge of airplane wings and was designed for rolling heavier section sheet aluminum.
2,753,244	Jul. 03, 1956	Milling machine	Paul P. M. Dubosclard	Topanga, CA	This milling machine was specialized for making spar caps for aircraft wings. The inventor was past president of Farnham Mfg. Co. of Buffalo which had been acquired by Wiesner-Rapp in 1950. During the war, Dubosclard-designed spar millers were a crucial part of American superiority in aircraft manufacture which in turn was a key part of the Allied victory. His contribution has been largely forgotten.
2,768,558	Oct. 30, 1956	Vertical milling machine	Paul P. M. Dubosclard	Topanga, CA	"This invention relates to a milling machine and more particularly to a versatile milling machine for milling integral wing skins, wing spars and other air frame constructions of great length and width whereby production time may be reduced to a minimum..."
2,790,360	Apr. 30, 1957	Milling machine	Paul P. M. Dubosclard	Topanga, CA
3,251,039	May. 10, 1966	Recording system for programming a pulse controlled path for a machine tool	Olin L. Dupy	West Los Angeles, CA
		Recording system for programming a pulse controlled path for a machine tool	Paul P. M. Dubosclard	Los Angeles, CA