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Manufacturers Index - Niles Tool Works

Niles Tool Works
Cincinnati, OH; Hamilton, OH, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery & Steam and Gas Engines

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
97,908 Dec. 14, 1869 Improved radial drilling-machine George A. Gray Jr. Cincinnati, OH Frank Millward - patent attorney
113,651 Apr. 11, 1871 Improvement in turning and boring-mills George A. Gray Jr. Cincinnati, OH
114,670 May. 09, 1871 Improvement in Railroad Car-Axle Lathes George A. Gray Jr. Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH
138,394 Apr. 29, 1873 Machines for Turning Pulleys George A. Gray Jr. Hamilton, Butler County, OH
241,719 May. 17, 1881 Boring Mill George T. Reiss Hamilton, Butler County, OH
258,533 May. 23, 1882 Adjusting-gearing Alexander Gordon Cincinnati, OH This is the earliest instantiation we can find for the "sensitive drill" friction-drive mechanism, which has a metal disk mounted on the end of the input shaft, and a rubber disk at right angles and connected to the output shaft. The rim of the rubber disk rubs against the metal disk, and is forced to rotate when the metal disk rotates. The rubber disk can be moved longitudinally along its shaft (which coincides with a diameter of the metal disk), varying the speed of the rubber disk's rotation. If the rubber disk crosses the center point of the metal disk then its rotations stops and reverses. As a method of power transmission, the idea is an old one, and this patent does not cover that idea per se. Therefore, it is quite possible that there are older versions of this drill press design.
    Adjusting-gearing George T. Reiss Hamilton, OH  
263,334 Aug. 29, 1882 Lathe Rest Alexander Gordon Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH James W. See - patent attorney
This invention pertains to follow-rests, center-rests, and shafting-rests for lathes.
We claim as our invention;
1. In a lathe-rest to receive collars having a cylindrical exterior, the combination of a collar-bearing having an admission gap or throat arranged at an angle of about forty-five degrees, and a vertical set-screw arranged over the axis of said bearing, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. In a lathe-rest, the combination of a bottom bearing for the collar, a vertical set-screw arranged over the axis of the collar, and a divided collar having a tongue-and-groove joint, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

    Lathe Rest James W. See Hamilton, Butler County, OH  
267,026 Nov. 07, 1882 Screw Cutting Lathe James W. See Hamilton, Butler County, OH The patent lists the assignee as "Miles Tool Works:. We believe that this is a misprint for Niles Tool Works.
273,313 Mar. 06, 1883 Metal Screw Machine George T. Reiss Hamilton, Butler County, OH
292,948 Feb. 05, 1884 Pulley Lathe George T. Reiss Hamilton, Butler County, OH
322,969 Jul. 28, 1885 Drilling-machine George T. Reiss Hamilton, OH This machine simultaneously drills the wholes in a rail-car wheel.
334,832 Jan. 26, 1886 Car Wheel Lathe John Richardson Williams Chicago, Cook County, IL
340,207 Apr. 20, 1886 Lathe Alexander Gordon Hamilton, Butler County, OH
344,082 Jun. 22, 1886 Metal Planing Machine James K. Cullen Hamilton, OH James W. See - patent attorney
344,083 Jun. 22, 1886 Gaging Device for Car Wheel Lathes James K. Cullen Hamilton, Butler County, OH
    Gaging Device for Car Wheel Lathes James W. See Hamilton, Butler County, OH  
361,648 Apr. 19, 1887 Driving Dog for Lathes George T. Reiss Hamilton, Butler County, OH
362,618 May. 10, 1887 Drilling-machine Alexander Gordon Hamilton, OH
364,307 Jun. 07, 1887 Lathe James W. See Hamilton, Butler County, OH
406,003 Jun. 25, 1889 Turret-lathe George T. Reiss Hamilton, OH
430,088 Jun. 10, 1890 Lathe George T. Reiss Hamilton, OH "This invention pertains to improvements in that class of lathes designed for operation on the driving-wheels of locomotives..."
462,792 Nov. 10, 1891 Feed Mechanism for Lathes Zorester B. Coes Hamilton, Butler County, OH
525,444 Sep. 04, 1894 Chuck Zorester B. Coes Hamilton, Butler County, OH
527,140 Oct. 09, 1894 Taper Turning Tool for Lathes Zorester B. Coes Hamilton, Butler County, OH
532,766 Jan. 22, 1895 Taper Turning Tool for Lathes Zorester B. Coes Hamilton, Butler County, OH
535,486 Mar. 12, 1895 Taper Turning Tool for Lathes Zorester B. Coes Hamilton, Butler County, OH
535,487 Mar. 12, 1895 Turret Lathe Zorester B. Coes Hamilton, Butler County, OH
547,740 Oct. 08, 1895 Milling-machine George T. Reiss Hamilton, OH
    Milling-machine John B. Crockre Hamilton, OH  
570,093 Oct. 27, 1896 Metal Planing Machine Henry Hess Hamilton, Butler County, OH
579,976 Apr. 06, 1897 Reciprocating metal-paring machine Alexander Gordon Hamilton, OH
713,614 Nov. 18, 1902 Tool Relief for Metal Planers Adolph L. De Leeuw Hamilton, Butler County, OH
721,942 Mar. 03, 1903 Electric Switch System Adolph L. De Leeuw Hamilton, Butler County, OH
723,840 Mar. 31, 1903 Controlling Switch System Adolph L. De Leeuw Hamilton, Butler County, OH
764,115 Jul. 05, 1904 Speed Changer Adolph L. De Leeuw Hamilton, Butler County, OH
D140,986 Apr. 24, 1945 Design for a boring machine Otto E. Schurr Hamilton, OH General Machinery Corp. employed a whopping 4500 people at the time, building artillery pieces, tanks, diesel engines, etc., for the war effort. The company was a merged organization that included the former Niles Tool Works, which had been acquired from Niles-Bement-Pond Co.