Welcome! 

Register :: Login
Manufacturers Index - Do-All (Continental Machine Specialties Co.)

Do-All (Continental Machine Specialties Co.)
Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Company Website: https://www.doallsaws.com
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery

Patents
This page contains information on patents issued to this manufacturer.

Submitting Patent Information

If you find a patent number or patent date by this manufacturer that is not on this list, please contact the Site Historian.


Key to Links for Patent Information

USPTO = U.S. Patent Office . Images of the actual patent can be viewed on the U.S. Patent Office web site but a special TIFF viewer must be installed with your browser in order properly work. More information on how to configure your computer to view these patents can be found at TIFF image Viewers for Patent Images.
DATAMP = Directory of American Tool And Machinery Patents . A sister site to VintageMachinery.org with information on patents related to machinery and tools. A much easier user interface than the USPTO's for finding information on machinery patents.

Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
1,479,526 Jan. 01, 1924 Tool turret Julius C. Wilkie Winona, MN In 1927 the inventor and his son, Leighton Wilkie, established Continental Machine Specialties Co. of Minneapolis. In 1933 Leighton developed the first practical metal-cutting bandsaw, which was introduced in 1935 by Continental as the DoALL bandsaw.
1,952,152 Mar. 27, 1934 Apparatus for die stamping Leighton A. Wilkie Minneapolis, MN
2,073,893 Mar. 16, 1937 Apparatus for stamping and punching sheet metal and the like Leighton A. Wilkie Minneapolis, MN
376,358 Sep. 06, 1938 Convertible sawing and abrading machine Leighton A. Wilkie Minneapolis, MN A machine that "may be readily converted into a band saw, a filing or abrading device, or a polishing machine as occasion may require..." This patent is the Canadian equivalent of US patent 2,180,079.
492,206 Sep. 16, 1938 Improvements in and relating to apparatus for sawing or abrading and like operations Leighton Allyn Wilkie Minneapolis, MN
2,151,189 Mar. 21, 1939 Variable speed transmission mechanism Lloyd Coddington Minneapolis, MN See also patent 2,186,477 for a lubricating-system companion to this variable-speed mechanism.
2,180,078 Nov. 14, 1939 Compound abrading and brazing machine Leighton A. Wilkie Glencoe, IL Device for brazing bandsaw blades. This patent number has been seen on machines from Delta and DoALL; we don't know whether each company manufactured their own version of this blade brazing accessory or if they were actually made by the assignee.
2,180,079 Nov. 14, 1939 Convertible sawing and abrading machine Leighton A. Wilkie Glencoe, IL Bandsaw that can be converted to a "filing or abrading device, or a polishing machine, as the occasion may require."
This patent number was listed in a Delta catalogue and was also seen on a DoALL bandsaw.
385,422 Dec. 05, 1939 Convertible filing machine Leighton A. Wilkie Minneapolis, MN This is the Canadian equivalent of US patent 2,204,840.
2,186,477 Jan. 09, 1940 Oiling system Lloyd Coddington Minneapolis, MN Lubricating system for the "Variable speed transmission mechanism" of patent 2,151,189.
2,204,840 Jun. 18, 1940 Convertible filing machine Leighton A. Wilkie Minneapolis, MN
409,121 Dec. 08, 1942 Sawing apparatus Leighton A. Wilkie Minneapolis, MN A machine that "may be readily converted into a band saw, a filing or abrading device, or a polishing machine as occasion may require..." This patent is the Canadian equivalent of US patent 2,180,079.
2,470,350 May. 17, 1949 Water-cooled grinding wheel John A. Harrington Minneapolis, MN This patent number was seen in a 1958 brochure for DoAll grinding machines. It pumps coolant oil through a normal porous grinding wheel. DoALL's "Kleen-Kool" coolant oil, compatible with this patent cooling method, was mixed 250:1 with water.
3,077,132 Feb. 12, 1963 Feed control for band saws Charles H. Whitmore Savage, MN
RE25,901 Nov. 09, 1965 Feed control for bandsaws Charles H. Whitmore Savage, MN
RE26,377 Apr. 16, 1968 Feed control for band saws Charles H. Whitmore Savage, MN
3,402,627 Sep. 24, 1968 Bandsaw with improved band wheels ALbert D. Mills Minnetonka, MN Invention is a wheel that has a retainer flange to help hold a band in place while being installed. This is claimed to be a particular advantage for tilting-frame saws.
    Bandsaw with improved band wheels LaRoy E. Robinson Hopkins, MN  
3,975,978 Aug. 24, 1976 Direct coupled way system for movable head band saw machines Charles E. Cleland Edina, MN This patent number was seen in a 1981 DoAll catalog for the TF-2020 "Heavy-Duty Production Tilt-Frame" horizontal bandsaw and the TF-1421 Medium-Duty Tilt-Frame horizontal bandsaw.