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Manufacturers Index - Sipp Machine Co.

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

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
642,543 Jan. 30, 1900 Quilling Machine Dwight Ashley Paterson, Passaic County, NJ
1,056,462 Mar. 18, 1913 Quilling Machine Grant Sipp Paterson, Passaic County, NJ
    Quilling Machine William S. Wells Fountain Hill Borough, Lehigh County, PA  
1,139,591 May. 18, 1915 Means for guiding a reciprocating non-rotating machine element Grant Sipp Paterson, NJ This patent was seen on a Foote-Burt drilling machine. We assume that Sipp Machine Co. also used it.
1,167,440 Jan. 11, 1916 Variable-speed gearing Grant Sipp Paterson, NJ This patent covers a speed-changing mechanism for a sensitive drill that allows quick speed changes over a wide speed range.
This patent was seen on a Foote-Burt drilling machine. We assume that Sipp Machine Co. also used it.
1,424,538 Aug. 01, 1922 Drill press Charles A. Widmer Paterson, NJ This patent covers a power feed mechanism where the drill spindle is moved manually until it reaches a pre-set position, whereupon the power feed engages and advances the drill forward.
This patent covers advances created by the inventor while he was working for Grant Sipp of Sipp Machine Company. He had been hired expressly to design a sensitive drill. The patent is not assigned to Sipp or his company, and so not surprisingly, a lawsuit resulted. There was no written agreement as to who owned the intellectual property created during Mr. Widmer's employment. The court ruled, in a split decision, that Sipp owned most of the ideas, but those related to planetary gearing were "not a mere ancillary improvement on the regular machines of the company" and remained with the inventor.