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Manufacturers Index - Jacobs Manufacturing Co.

Jacobs Manufacturing Co.
West Hartford, CT; Clemson, SC, U.S.A.
Company Website: http://www.jacobschuck.com/
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
709,014 Sep. 16, 1902 Drill-chuck Arthur I. Jacobs Hartford, CT This patent covers the now-famous Jacobs chuck, still in production over 100 years later.
"This invention relates to a chuck which has jaws that are movable in recesses inclined to the axis of the body for gripping and releasing the shank of a drill or similar tool. The object of this invention is to construct a strong chuck of this nature with simple, cheap, and convenient means for opening and closing the tool-holding jaws. The body of the chuck that is illustrated as embodying the invention has radial sockets or pins for the reception of the end of a key and rack-teeth on an edge of the nut-sleeve for engagement with gear-teeth on the key, so that when the end of the key is applied to the body and turned the meshing of the gear-teeth and the rack-teeth turn the nut and cause the desired movement of the jaws."
911,012 Jan. 26, 1909 Chuck Arthur I. Jacobs Hartford, CT
933,179 Sep. 07, 1909 Chuck Arthur I. Jacobs Hartford, CT
1,123,541 Jan. 05, 1915 Chuck Arthur I. Jacobs Hartford, CT
1,526,328 Feb. 17, 1925 Chuck Gustaf A. Englund West Hartford, CT Improvements to patent 1,123,541. The innovation is to use "spiral teeth" on the chuck key and sleeve so that as the chuck is tightened the chuck key is drawn inward. This does not seem like a good idea because when loosening the chuck the key would be pushed outward rather than inward.
1,798,234 Mar. 31, 1931 Key holder for tools Hubert M. Toppin West Hartford, CT
2,346,706 Apr. 18, 1944 Collet Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford,Hartford County, CT E. W. Marshall - patent attorney

This patent & patent #2,459,899 are for the Jacobs Rubber-Flex collet system.
2,346,707 Apr. 18, 1944 Collet Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, CT These collets are the "Rubber-Flex Collets" used with the Jacobs Spindle Nose Lathe Chuck of patent 2,346,706.
2,360,908 Oct. 24, 1944 Collet chuck Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, CT
2,374,245 Apr. 24, 1945 Collet Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, CT
434,490 Apr. 30, 1946 Machine tool collet Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, CT
2,403,136 Jul. 02, 1946 Collet Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, CT
2,403,768 Jul. 09, 1946 Double-acting collet chuck Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, CT
440,664 Apr. 08, 1947 Collet Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, CT
440,665 Apr. 08, 1947 Collet Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, CT
2,459,899 Jan. 25, 1949 Collet Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, Hartford County, CT This patent & patent #2,346,706 are for the Jacobs Rubber-Flex collet system.
2,459,900 Jan. 25, 1949 Collet Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, CT These collets are the "Rubber-Flex Collets" used with the Jacobs Spindle Nose Lathe Chuck, and is an improvement to patent 2,346,706.
2,466,129 Apr. 05, 1949 Collet chuck Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, CT
2,508,731 May. 23, 1950 Lathe chuck Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, CT This patent was used on the Jacobs Spindle Nose Lathe Chuck; see also patent 2,346,706.
D161,552 Jan. 02, 1951 Lathe chuck Peter Muller-Munk Pittsburgh, PA This clever collet-closing lathe chuck was manufactured as the Jacobs Spindle Nose Lathe Chuck. Co-inventor Peter Muller-Munk was a well-known industrial designer who did work for Porter-Cable among many others.
    Lathe chuck Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, CT  
2,536,519 Jan. 02, 1951 Lathe chuck Carl Bernhard Brink West Hartford, CT This patent was used on the Jacobs Spindle Nose Lathe Chuck; see also patent 2,346,706.
    Lathe chuck Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, CT  
2,546,351 Mar. 27, 1951 Toggle-acting collet Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, CT Improvements to the "Rubber-Flex Collets" used with the Jacobs Spindle Nose Lathe Chuck of patent 2,346,706. See patent 2,584,303 for a subsequent improvement to this collet design.
2,584,303 Feb. 05, 1952 Toggle-acting collet and method of making same Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, CT These collets are the "Rubber-Flex Collets" used with the Jacobs Spindle Nose Lathe Chuck, and is an improvement to patent 2,546,351.
2,746,758 May. 22, 1956 Chucks Arthur M. Stoner Madison, New Haven County, CT This patent is an evolution of the Rubber-Flex collet system that reduces friction in that system by adding long metal fingers to engage the jaws of the collet.
    Chucks Girard S. Haviland Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT  
2,816,768 Dec. 17, 1957 Lever operated collet chuck Girard S. Haviland Wethersfield, CT
    Lever operated collet chuck Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, CT  
563,364 Sep. 16, 1958 Lever operated collet chuck Girard S. Haviland Wethersfield, CT
    Lever operated collet chuck Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, CT  
2,985,456 May. 23, 1961 Multiple-screw actuated collet chuck Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, CT
3,044,790 Jul. 17, 1962 Chuck and operating key with enlarged pilot Arthur M. Stoner Madison, CT This patent covers the use of an enlarged pilot hole for the chuck key; the benefit is to be able to skip the hardening of the chuck body, thus reducing cost.
663,552 May. 21, 1963 Multiple-screw actuated collet chuck Arthur Merrick Stoner West Hartford, CT