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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
14,634 Apr. 21, 1882 Improvements in Expanding Mandrels William H. Nicholson Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA
443,627 Dec. 30, 1890 Shaft-Coupling William H. Nicholson Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA
600,921 Mar. 22, 1898 Steam-Eliminator John Lloyd Pittston, Luzerne County, PA A "steam-eliminator" separates water, grease and oil from steam. The steam is directed against a corrugated baffle-plate and those impurities stick to the plate and then drip down through a perforated plate and into a chamber where it can be periodically drained off.
This patent was improved in patent 677,458 and then further improved in patent 796,231. The latter improvement patent was partly assigned to W. H. Nicholson & Co.
    Steam-Eliminator William Lloyd Pittston, Luzerne County, PA  
    Steam-Eliminator Richard O. Jones Pittston, Luzerne County, PA  
677,458 Jul. 02, 1901 Steam-Eliminator John Lloyd Forty Fort, Luzerne County, PA Improvements to patent 600,921, and this present patent was further improved in patent 796,231 which was partly assigned to W. H. Nicholson & Co.
    Steam-Eliminator William Lloyd Tamaqua, Schuykill County, PA  
    Steam-Eliminator Richard O. Jones Jeanesville, Luzerne County, PA  
796,231 Aug. 01, 1905 Steam-Eliminator William Lloyd Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA Improvements to patent {677.458} to make it possible to examine or repair the baffle-chamber without shutting down the steam-line.
796,854 Aug. 08, 1905 Shaft Coupling William H. Nicholson Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA Wilkes-Barre was named by Captain John Durkee of the Susquehannah (Land) Company of Connecticut in honor of two British members of Parliament, John Wilkes and Issacs Barré, who supported the American cause during the Revolution.
Abstract:
his invention relates to couplings for shafts for the transmission of power and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts.
Claim:
In a shaft-coupling, the combination, with two similar coupling members each having a hub provided with a conical chamber, an inwardly-projecting flange at the smaller end of the said chamber provided with slots for the clamping-jaws, an outer part or rim, web-plates and arms formed integral with the said hub and the said outer part or rim and provided with longitudinal bolt-holes, said arms being arranged radially over the said slots and between the said web-plates of double-tapered friction-jaws arranged in the said slots and chambers, and coupling-bolts in the said bolt-holes.
94,789 Aug. 22, 1905 Shaft Coupling William H. Nicholson Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA
817,089 Apr. 03, 1906 Tube-Expander William Nicholson Jr. Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA
835,111 Nov. 06, 1906 Tapping Apparatus William Nicholson Jr. Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA
839,777 Dec. 25, 1906 Steam-eliminator William Lloyd Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA See patent 1,080,507 for improvements to this patent.
    Steam-eliminator John Lloyd Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA  
    Steam-eliminator Samuel T. Nicholson Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA  
151,489 Nov. 04, 1913 Trap Valve John Bain Armstrong Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA This is the Canadian equivalent of US patent 1,080,507.
1,080,507 Dec. 02, 1913 Trap-Valve Mechanism John Bain Armstrong Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA Improvements to patent 839,777 to simplify construction.
1,302,833 May. 06, 1919 Steam-Trap Harry Samuel Nicholson Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA
    Steam-Trap William Craig Beiswinger Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA  
1,425,440 Aug. 08, 1922 Electrode Holder William Craig Beiswinger Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA
    Electrode Holder Robert F. Morgan Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA