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Wood & Light Machine Co.
Worcester, MA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
72,147 Dec. 10, 1867 Lathe Box and Journal Aurin Wood Worcester, Worcester County, MA Thomas H. Dodge - patent attorney
Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved lathe-box and so much of the journal as is necessary to illustrate my invention, the cap of the box being shown turned back to expose the bearing of the journal. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal central section of the box and journal when the cap is down, and Fig. 3 represents a cross-section of the same.

72,148 Dec. 10, 1867 Improved Lathe for Turning Shafting Aurin Wood Worcester, MA Thomas H. Dodge - patent attorney
The operation is as follows: The reservoir or receptacle H is filled with soda-water, into which the end of the pump, or a pipe or hose connected thereto, enters, so that when motion is imparted to the shaft E to be turned, it will give motion to wheel d, and the water is pumped up and forced through pipe or tube e into the cup 0, from which it freely runs through holes in the bottom of the cup upon all that part of the shaft being turned, and thus keeps the points of the turning-tools from heating, and in proper condition for turning the shaft in an accurate manner. The water, after cooling and lubricating the tools and turning-mechanism, falls into the receptacle or reservoir H to be pumped up again. The friction-wheel d may be covered with some elastic substance, sack as rubber, and the wrist-pin, to which the pump-piston it attached, may be fitted in a slot in the wheel d, so that the throw of the piston can be adjusted to pump more or less water, as may be desired, and, instead of operating the pump by the friction-wheel d bearing against the shaft E, it may be driven by separate and independent mechanism, arranged in any convenient manner, and the pump may be attached and supported upon the outside of slide B, if preferred.
76,130 Mar. 31, 1868 Engine Lathe for Turning Shafting Aurin Wood Worcester, MA Thomas H. Dodge - patent attorney
113,824 Apr. 18, 1871 Shaping Metals William H. Warren Worcester, MA
115,795 Jun. 06, 1871 Improvement for Slotting Machines William H. Warren Worcester, MA
116,243 Jun. 20, 1871 Improvement in Metal Planers William H. Warren Worcester, Worcester County, MA Chipman Hosmer & Co. - patent attorneys
130,258 Aug. 06, 1872 Improvement in Slotting and Shaping Machines William H. Warren Worcester, MA Munn & Co.- patent attorneys
RE5,739 Jan. 20, 1874 Metal Shaping Machine William H. Warren Worcester, MA
149,020 Mar. 24, 1874 Metal Shaft Turning Lathes Aurin Wood Worcester, Worcester County, MA
151,948 Jun. 09, 1874 Improvement in devices for transmitting motion Aurin Wood Worcester, MA This patent date and number were seen on a drill press from Wood & Light Machine Co., along with patent number 151,912.
    Improvement in devices for transmitting motion Joseph F. Light Worcester, MA  
497,738 May. 16, 1893 Boring-mill Aurin Wood Worcester, MA The inventor was co-founder of the Wood & Light Machine Co., established in 1852 and dissolved in 1892, which is before this patent was actually issued.