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Alcorn & Ames; Alcorn Machine Co.
Waltham, MA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
325,229 Sep. 01, 1885 Machinist's Planer John S. Alcorn Hartford, Hartford County, CT Albert H. Walker - patent attorney

We can find no other reference for Alcorn & Sexton other that Kenneth Cope's research, published in his books.
This patent is for a planer tool lifter.
In 1885, John S. Alcorn was working for Pratt & Whitney Co. and Joel B. Sexton was working for Cushman Chuck Co.
Abstract:
This invention is a mechanism for lifting the of cutting-tool away from all contact with the thing being planed at the end of the forward stroke of the carriage which carries that thing, and for lowering that tool to its former position at the end of the backward stroke of that carriage.


109,671 Jan. 14, 1908 Rotary fluid engine John Stuart Alcorn Boston, MA This is the Canadian equivalent of US patent 914,627.
3,263 Feb. 13, 1908 Anordningar vid rotationsmotorer eller maskiner för flytande eller gasformigt drivmedel John Stuart Alcorn Boston, MA This is the Finnish equivalent of US patent 914,627.
914,627 Mar. 09, 1909 Rotary engine John Stuart Alcorn Boston, MA Equivalent patents were obtained in Austria, Canada, Finland and Switzerland (44,201, 109,671, 3,263, 42,938).
42,938 Mar. 16, 1909 Dampfmaschine mit rotierendem Kolben und in derselben Richtung wie dieser, aber mit anderer Geschwindigkeit in einem Gehäuse rotierendem Hohlzylinder John Stuart Alcorn Boston, MA This is the Swiss equivalent of US patent 914,627.
44,201 May. 15, 1910 Dichtungsvorrichtung für Kraftmaschinen oder Pumpen mit kreisendem Kolben John Stuart Alcorn Boston, MA This is the Austrian equivalent of US patent 914,627.
1,354,937 Oct. 05, 1920 Differential gearing John S. Alcorn New Haven, CT The invention is a type of limited-slip differential that allows normal differential operation when the difference between the speed of the two half-axles is small but which behaves like a solid axle when one of the wheels loses traction, as on a wet or icy patch of road.
222,025 Aug. 08, 1922 Differential gearing John S. Alcorn Waltham, MA This is the Canadian equivalent of US patent 1,354,937.