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Manufacturers Index - John B. Morris Machine Tool Co.

John B. Morris Machine Tool Co.
Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
638,359 Dec. 05, 1899 Variable Speed Mechanism William L. Schellenbach Philadelphia, PA Wiedersheim & Fairbanks - patent attorneys
648,178 Apr. 24, 1900 Stop-motion for turret-lathes William L. Schellenbach Philadelphia, PA Manufacturer is based on information from Ken Cope's "American Lathe Builders: 1810-1910".
1,000,442 Aug. 15, 1911 Lathe William L. Schellenbach Wyoming, OH "My invention relates to ... the tool supporting and controlling mechanism. One of its objects is to provide a plurality of interchangeable and independent tools...each controlled by independent longitudinal or cross-feed stops, or both. Another object is to provide means to automatically bring into action the stop mechanism of the particular tool in use, while the stop mechanisms of the tools not in use are disconnected. Another object is to provide improved stop mechanism for both longitudinal and cross-feed..."
Manufacturer is based on information from Ken Cope's "American Lathe Builders: 1810-1910".
1,089,152 Mar. 03, 1914 Belt-shifter Arthur C. Pletz Cincinnati, OH Shortly after this patent was issued the inventor left his job at Aurora Tool Works to start his own business manufacturing machine tools. Within a couple of years he was the general manager of the Morris Machine Tool Co., and it is possible that this invention was used by them although that remains unconfirmed. During the period 1920 to 1923 he was on of the Sons in Carl Pletz & Sons which manufactured a 9-inch shaper.
1,124,262 Jan. 12, 1915 Lathe Herbert L. Beeler Cincinnati, OH This patent covers "means for moving the carriage longitudinally on the bed, and to means for moving the cross-slide crosswise on the carriage."
1,213,253 Jan. 23, 1917 Tapping or thread-cutting device Arthur C. Pletz Cincinnati, OH The inventor was one of the "Sons" of metalworking machinery maker Carl Pletz & Sons, and he was also the general manager of the Morris Machine Tool Co.
1,307,831 Jun. 24, 1919 Drilling and tapping machine Arthur C. Pletz Cincinnati, OH The inventor was the general manager of the Morris Machine Tool Co., and it is possible that this invention was used by them although that remains unconfirmed. During the period 1920 to 1923 he was one of the Sons in Carl Pletz & Sons which manufactured a 9-inch shaper.