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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
2,413,436 Dec. 31, 1946 Grinding Machine Orlie W. Dawson Ferndale, Oakland County , MI This patent is on a Royal Oak D-S Radial Form Relieving Grinding Fixture.

Seneca Falls Machine Co. manufactured this Tool Grinder after the patent had expired.

Claim:
In a machine, a work supporting head, a cam on said head, a base, oscillatory means on said base, means for supporting said head above said oscillatory means for angular adjustment about a vertical axis, a roller on said base against which said cam is urged for oscillating said head, and a support on which said base is angularly adjusted.
449,732 Jul. 13, 1948 Grinding machine Orlie Watson Dawson Ferndale, MI This is the Canadian equivalent of US patent 2,413,436.
2,595,093 Apr. 29, 1952 Tool grinding fixture Garrett H. Mouw Royal Oak, MI
2,752,740 Jul. 03, 1956 Form relieving fixture Garrett H. Mouw Birmingham, MI
2,764,855 Oct. 02, 1956 Fixture for positioning tool relative to grinding head Orlie Watson Dawson Ferndale, MI Improvement to patent 2,413,436 whereby the head "may not only be tilted laterally and angularly but may also be provided with end motion to advance the tool axially during the grinding operation..." This new capability allows the amount of relief to be varied.
2,911,770 Nov. 10, 1959 Fixture for positioning tool relative to grinding head Orlie Watson Dawson Ferndale, MI The assignee firm was a "partnership composed of Henry W. Mouw, Garrett H. Mouw, Wendell G. Mouw, and Robert J. Walls". The invention is an improvement to patents 2,413,436 and 2,764,855 such that "a spiral edge may be advanced across the (grinding) wheel or element..."