Gideon Hotchkiss manufactured patent sawmill "noddle irons", which connect the connecting rod to the sash that holds the sawblade in a reciprocating sawmill.
Information Sources
- According to a website on postal history, Gideon Hotchkiss was postmaster of Windsor, NY., from 1826 to 1829.
- Hotchkiss was granted several patents spanning 1832 to 1859. Only the 1850 patent was related to sawmills. Probably the most important was an 1837 water-wheel patent.
- Fifth Annual Report of the American Institute, including the results of the 1846 Fair of the American Institute, lists G. Hotchkiss, Windsor, Broome Co., N. Y., for a saw mill water wheel. (Gold medal having been before awarded.) Diploma.
- From Transactions of the New-York State Agricultural Society for the Year 1850, writing of the 1849 Fair: "Noddle iron and stirrups for saw mills, well made, Gideon Hotchkiss, Windsor."
- Transactions of the American Institute for the year 1850, including awards for that year's Fair of the American Institute: Gideon Hotchkiss, Windsor, Broome county N. Y., for a Hotchkiss's equilibrium noddle irons for saw mills. Diploma.