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Phoenix Foundry & Manufacturing Co.
Ripley, OH, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Steam and Gas Engines

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
14,350 Mar. 04, 1856 Harvester-Rakes Owen Dorsey Howard County, MD Abstract:
The improvement consists of a revolving rake formed with four arms, c ec ac, each pair of arms formed of metal or wood with an opening at their half-length Of a longitudinalform, so as to allow them to pass over the end of a vertical turning shaft. a a are rake-heads attached to the arms a c at a suitable angle. i is the vertical shaft, having its upper end squared, so as to receive the arms over it. A bolt, b, passes through the sides of the arms at the mortise or opening, and also through the shaft i, and upon this bolt the arms have a partial vibratory movement allowed them.
Claim:
The combination, with the rake-arms c c, to which the rakes are firmly attached, of the vertical revolving shaft i and cam way or guide f f m in, from which the rake-arms receive an undulating motion in a vertical plane, revolving about said shaft i.
304,552 Sep. 02, 1884 Follower Screw for Tobacco Presses John P. Parker Ripley, Brown County, OH John P. Parker was a former slave who owned the Phoenix Foundry in Ripley, OH.
Abstract:
his invention relates to follower-screws adapted especially for tobacco-presses, but capable of being applied to packing-presses of all descriptions; and it consists in the proved construction and combination of parts.
Claim:
The combination of a screw hiaving a longitudinal groove cut across the threads into the solid part or barrel of the screw, a lever-nut having a notch corresponding in cross- section with the shape of the said groove, and a key adapted to fit into the said notch and groove, and having one of its sides projecting into the cutaway portion of the screw-barrel.
442,538 Dec. 09, 1890 Soil Pulverizer John P. Parker Ripley, Brown County, OH John P. Parker was a former slave who owned the Phoenix Foundry in Ripley, OH.
Abstract:
The object of the invention is to provide a simple and economical apparatus of the above description which will effectually and rapidly crush clods, cut up cornstalks and other like objects, and pulverize the soil so as to leave it in the best possible condition for agricultural purposes.
Claim:
In an apparatus for crushing and pulverizing soil and cutting cornstalks and other obstacles, the combination, with a frame and a revolving shaft or axle, of a series of disks or wheels mounted upon the shaft, the outer edges of which form cutters, and the laterally-extending ogee-shaped projections having outwardly-extending blade and peripheral projections or teeth.