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Manufacturers Index - Bordentown Machine Co.

Bordentown Machine Co.
Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery, Metal Working Machinery & Steam and Gas Engines

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
10,276 Nov. 29, 1853 Arrangement of valves, ports, and passages for operating steam-hammers Robert R. Taylor Reading, PA An 1865 ad from Bordentown Machine Co. lists "R. R. Taylor's double acting steam hammer, having a capacity of from 1 to 5 Tons."
25,704 Oct. 04, 1859 Rotary dredging-machine James Molyneux Bordentown, NJ A text ad for Bordentown Machine Co. in the 1865 Ashcroft's New Jersey Business Directory says that the Bordentown Machine Co. were "Sole Manufacturers of James Molyneux's Patent Rotary Dredging Machine".
27,944 Apr. 17, 1860 Improvement in sewing-machines James Molyneux Bordentown, NJ James Molyneux was superintendent of the Bordentown Machine Co., and John L. MicKnight was president. But so far as we know they never manufactured a sewing machine.
    Improvement in sewing-machines William W. Allen Bordentown, NJ  
28,214 May. 08, 1860 Improvement in furnaces Robert R. Taylor Reading, PA A text ad for Bordentown Machine Co. in the 1865 Ashcroft's New Jersey Business Directory lists among products manufactured, "R. R. Taylor's Improved Puddling and other Furnaces".
30,026 Sep. 11, 1860 Block for forming tiles James Molyneux Bordentown, NJ This invention is for making clay roofing tiles, and is intended to solve the problem of the clay tending to stick to the mold.
42,213 Apr. 05, 1864 Improvement in apparatus for forcing oil from wells James Molyneux Bordentown, NJ
RE1,789 Oct. 04, 1864 Apparatus for forcing oil from oil wells James Molyneux Bordentown, NJ This apparatus uses compressed air or steam to pressurize oil coming from an oil-well to force it to the surface.
This reissue was signed by J. L. McKnight, president of the Bordentown Machine Co.
47,243 Apr. 11, 1865 Air pump James Molyneux Bordentown, NJ This pump was primarily intended for forcing oil from oil wells.
48,349 Jun. 20, 1865 Improvement in sawmills James Molyneux Bordentown, NJ
    Improvement in sawmills William A. Wright Bordentown, NJ  
60,774 Jan. 01, 1867 Improved excavator James Molyneux Bordentown, NJ
65,051 May. 28, 1867 Mechanical movement James Molyneux Bordentown, NJ
    Mechanical movement Peter Bloomsburg Jr. Bordentown, NJ  
65,470 Jun. 04, 1867 Rotary valve for steam engines James Molyneux Bordentown, NJ
    Rotary valve for steam engines Peter Bloomsburg Jr. Bordentown, NJ