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Manufacturers Index - E. P. Allis & Co.

E. P. Allis & Co.
Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Company Website: http://www.agcocorp.com/
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery, Metal Working Machinery & Steam and Gas Engines

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
99,486 Feb. 01, 1870 Improvement in head-blocks for sawmills George Selden Erie, PA Seen in E. P. Allis & Co. ad in 1889 issue of "The Wood-Worker".
    Improvement in head-blocks for sawmills O. C. Briggs Erie, PA  
122,215 Dec. 26, 1871 Improvement in head-blocks Nelson F. Beckwith Omro, WI Seen in ad in 1889 issue of "The Wood-Worker".
132,086 Oct. 08, 1872 Improvement in log-carriages for sawmills Willard Lamb Green Bay, WI An 1875 ad from Willard Lamb shows this invention. "Foundrymen and saw mill machinists are requested to apply to me for manufacturers' licenses and terms of royalty." There is a list of 15 references, which we assume were users of the invention. Follow the link provided to Wm. H. Hiner & Co. and then look at the "Images" tab on that page to view the ad. One of the companies listed in the ad is E. P. Allis & Co., and an ad from that firm in the same book as the Lamb ad includes this text: "We make Willard Lamb's patent wire rope carriage movement that dispenses entirely with the cog gear. The Saw Carriage is much lighter and can be handled much more rapidly and at a much less expense than the old movements."
155,408 Sep. 29, 1874 Improvement in head-blocks for sawmills Nelson F. Beckwith Omro, WI Seen in ad in 1889 issue of "The Wood-Worker".
Inventor was deceased at time of issue.
164,301 Jun. 08, 1875 Improvement in saw-guides George M. Hinkley Milwaukee, WI
175,855 Apr. 11, 1876 Improvement in saw-mill dogs Albert Cunningham Milwaukee, WI Seen on the E. P. Allis "Reliance" Double-Tooth Dog in the May 1889 issue of "The Wood Worker".
262,476 Aug. 08, 1882 Valve Gear for Compound Engines Edwin Reynolds Milwaukee, WI
273,361 Mar. 06, 1883 Device for oscillating the guides of reciprocating saw mills George M. Hinkley Milwaukee, WI
291,344 Jan. 01, 1884 Sawmill set-works George M. Hinkley Milwaukee, WI
304,323 Sep. 02, 1884 Gang-edger George M. Hinkley Milwaukee, WI
314,379 Mar. 24, 1885 Circular sawing machines George M. Hinkley Milwaukee, WI
317,256 May. 05, 1885 Saw-mill set-works Theodore S. Wilkin Milwaukee, WI
330,484 Nov. 17, 1885 Saw-mill carriage George M. Hinkley Milwaukee, WI
330,720 Nov. 17, 1885 Saw-mill carriage Samuel Wylie Little Evansville, IN
333,664 Jan. 05, 1886 Saw-mill carriage Theron William Peck Milwaukee, WI
334,663 Jan. 19, 1886 Circular sawing machine George M. Hinkley Milwaukee, WI
334,664 Jan. 19, 1886 Feed-carriage for saw-mills George M. Hinkley Milwaukee, WI
335,167 Feb. 02, 1886 Gang-saw mill Theodore S. Wilkin Milwaukee, WI
335,168 Feb. 02, 1886 Saw-mill set-works Theodore S. Wilkin Milwaukee, WI "My invention relates to saw-mill set-works, and is designed as an improvement upon the mechanism for which Letters Patent of the United States were granted to me bearing the date the 3d day of March, 1885, and numbered 313,396. In the aforesaid patent the knees were advanced and receded by fluid-pressure from a source outside of the carriages; but in the present apparatus the movements in both directions are effected by pneumatic pressure accumulated through the operation of a pump carried upon the carriage and operated through the travel thereof."
336,661 Feb. 23, 1886 Saw Hanging Theron W. Peck Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI Abstract:
My invention relates to mounting saws upon their arbors and it consists, principally, in io arranging the saws and their collars so that each may have a limited play longitudinally upon the arbor when, during the cut, the saw runs off a straight line.
Claim:
In combination. with a saw-arbor, a collar secured thereupon, pins projecting from said collar parallel with the arbor, a saw, a collar mounted upon the latter, provided with holes to receive the arbor and pins, and a second collar separate from the saw, also mounted upon the arbor, to receive the ends of the pius, and provided with a setscrew.
348,280 Aug. 31, 1886 Band-saw mill George M. Hinkley Milwaukee, WI
348,282 Aug. 31, 1886 Combined band and circular saw mill George M. Hinkley Milwaukee, WI
348,295 Aug. 31, 1886 Saw-mill carriage George W. Robinson Pensacola, FL
348,281 Aug. 31, 1886 Combined band and circular saw mill George M. Hinkley Milwaukee, WI
353,260 Nov. 23, 1886 Wheel for band-saws George M. Hinkley Milwaukee, WI Companion patent to 348,281.
368,669 Aug. 23, 1887 Offsetting device for saw-mill carriages George M. Hinkley Milwaukee, WI
378,683 Feb. 28, 1888 Saw-mill carriage George M. Hinkley Milwaukee, WI
394,045 Dec. 04, 1888 Saw-mill dog Theodore S. Wilkin Milwaukee, WI
411,195 Sep. 17, 1889 Saw-mill dog George M. Hinkley Milwaukee, WI
419,046 Jan. 07, 1890 Saw-mill dog George M. Hinkley Milwaukee, WI
437,490 Sep. 30, 1890 Band-saw mill Dempsey B. Hanson Milwaukee, WI This improved upper wheel was seen on the "Improved Reliance Band Saw Mill" from E. P. Allis & Co., which was available from the beginning of 1889 until 1892.
491,683 Feb. 14, 1893 Bandsaw mill George M. Hinkley Milwaukee, WI
    Bandsaw mill Dempsey B. Hanson Milwaukee, WI  
    Bandsaw mill William Henry Trout Milwaukee, WI  
532,663 Jan. 15, 1895 Bandsaw mill Dempsey B. Hanson San Francisco, CA
533,124 Jan. 29, 1895 Offsetting Sawmill Carriage Dempsey B. Hanson San Francisco, CA
629,849 Aug. 01, 1899 Bandsaw mill Edward E. Fitzgerald Milwaukee, WI
651,502 Jun. 12, 1900 Sawmill Set-Works Edward E. Fitzgerald Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI