Pennington Machine Works - Assigned Patents

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Pennington Machine Works
Fort Wayne, IN, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Steam and Gas Engines

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Patent Number	Date	Title	Name	City	Description
417,881	Dec. 24, 1889	Shaft-hanger	Edward J. Pennington	Edinburg, IN
419,791	Jan. 21, 1890	Pulley	Edward J. Pennington	Mount Carmel, IL	This patent was granted at close to the time that the inventor's Pennington Machine Works went under.
419,792	Jan. 21, 1890	Pulley	Edward J. Pennington	Mount Carmel, IL	This patent was granted at close to the time that the inventor's Pennington Machine Works went under.
428,520	May. 20, 1890	Split pulley	Edward J. Pennington	Mount Carmel, IL	This patent was granted at close to the time that the inventor's Pennington Machine Works went under.
189,523,771	Feb. 29, 1896	Improvements in self-propelling road vehicles	Edward Joel Pennington	Racine, WI	See also US patent 570,440. This internal combustion engine is intended for use on a powered bicycle or tricycle, what is nowadays called a moped. The primary innovation is to dispense with the heavy flywheel and instead use the rider's momentum to store energy so that the engine keeps turning during the compression stroke. The patent says, "Apart from such load, my new and improved vehicle will not run, for the compression of the explosive mixture acts as a brake; but when the rider mounts and starts the vehicle, the additional weight stores the power and furnishes the momentum for overcoming the resistance opposed by the compression. I prefer to retain the usual pedal driving gear on my new or improved vehicle, so that the rider may use the same to assist in starting or in hill-climbing, although I have found it unnecessary to resort thereto, even over hills of more than ordinary steepness..."
570,439	Oct. 27, 1896	Engine	Edward J. Pennington	Mount Carmel, IL
570,440	Oct. 27, 1896	Motor vehicle	Edward J. Pennington	Chicago Heights, IL	This invention, along with patent 570,441, were already patented in England, 189,523,771. The inventor had been the operator of the Pennington Machine Works before that business failed in about 1890.
570,441	Oct. 27, 1896	Motor vehicle	Edward J. Pennington	Cleveland, OH	See patent 570,440}.