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Frick Co.
Waynesboro, PA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Steam and Gas Engines

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Patent Number	Date	Title	Name	City	Description
14,449	Mar. 18, 1856	Feed and Blow-Off Apparatus for Steam-Boilers	Jacob Frick	Philadelphia, PA	This patent was improved with patent #22,284. Abstract: My invention consists in arranging together, in one instrument, a check valve, stop valve, and blow off valve for steam boilers, in such a manner that the whole may be secured to the boiler by one attachment only, thereby avoiding the necessity of piercing and wounding the boiler in several places for the purpose of making the separate and distinct attachments hitherto employed for the same purpose. It further consists in employing, in connection with the above valves and cocks, a pressure valve and alarm apparatus fully described hereafter for the purpose of notifying the attendant engineer when any undue obstruction is offered to the regular flow of water, from the feed pump to the boiler. Claim: Arranging substantially in the manner set forth, a check valve, and stop and blow off valve, in one instrument, for steam boilers, for the purpose of avoiding the attachment of the separate and distinct connections hitherto employed for the same purpose.
22,284	Dec. 14, 1858	Feed-water and blow-off apparatus for steam-boilers	Jacob Frick	Philadelphia, PA	This patent is believed to have been used by Frick Co., a maker of steam engines, boilers, and sawmills. The patent is an improvement to a previous patent #14,449 to Jacob Frick, granted 18 March 1856. Abstract: My invention relates to an improvement in, or addition to, the feed and blow-off apparatus, for which Letters Patent were granted to me on the eighteenth day of March, A. D. 1856; and my improvement consists in combining with this apparatus, in the manner set forth hereafter, an air vessel with cocks and branches, affording a means of throwing a jet of water to any part of a building, so that the instrument, in addition to the advantages described in the above mentioned patent, becomes available for extinguishing fires, as well as for supplying water to different apartments for manufacturing and other purposes. Claim: Combining an air-vessel, having cocks and branches, arranged substantially as herein described, with the feed and blow-off apparatus. for which Letters Patent of the United States were granted to me on the eighteenth day of March, A. D. 1856.
243,881	Jul. 05, 1881	Road Engine	Abraham O. Frick	Waynesborough, Franklin County, PA	Abstract: My invention relates to certain improvements in road-engines, designed to improve the construction and operation of these devices. The principal features of improvement consist in the structure of the frame-work and means for hanging the boiler therein to compensate for expansion; in the means for connecting the engine and the frame so as to avoid working-strain on the boiler-sheets; in the construction and arrangement of the front truck, and in the means for guiding the engine. Claim: The side sills, A A, made longer than the boiler, and combined with the same by strap or straps C and a single rigid connection, a, and extending in rear of the boiler.
256,993	Apr. 25, 1882	Traction Engine	Abraham O. Frick	Waynesborough, Franklin County, PA	Abstract: My invention relates to an improvement in traction-engines. It has for its object the attainment of the same results aimed at by me in another construction, for which I have applied for Letters Patent of even date herewith, and marked "Case A" In short, these results are the adaptation of this class of engines to successful use under the varying strains to which they are subjected when passing uneven earth roads. The invention consists in the peculiar connection of the countershaft to the axle by means of a compound gearwheel having a laterally-flexible rim. Claim: he combination, with a driving gear-io wheel, K, and the axle, of a compound wheel arranged upon the axle and having a laterally-flexible toothed rim and draft-connection between- said toothed rim and the inner or web portion.
258,401	May. 23, 1882	Traction Engine	Abraham O. Frick	Waynesborough, Franklin County, PA	Abstract: My invention relates to an improved construction of traction-engine, designed to overcome the difficulties which attend the use of this class of inventions upon uneven earth roads. In this class of engines, which are driven by toothed wheels, it is of course necessary to have all the gears between the engine and traction or running wheels in firm contact. On the other hand, the interposition of springs between the axle and the load is also desirable to accommodate the engine to obstructions such as stones, &c., in the road, and relieve the gear-teeth of the shocks which such obstructions would involve; but as the interposition of springs to relieve vertical jolts would involve from vibration at times a change in the distance between the axis of the traction-wheels and the axis of the gear-wheels, the other objection of disconnecting the gears is met with. The object of my invention is to provide such a construction as will reconcile the use of these o apparently antagonistic features, so as to secure the following results: first, perfect freedom to vibrate vertically without separating the gears and without involving destructive strains on the teeth as produced by said vertical jolts; secondly, an elastic rotary strain from the engine, so that if the wheels meet an obstruction and stop the rotary strain of the gears of the engine is not allowed to strip or strain the teeth; thirdly, to provide means for accommodating the gears to the movement incident to lateral swaying or the elevation of one side of the engine, thereby avoiding the straining or jamming the gears and, fourthly, to provide a simple and effective means for imparting an elastic rotary strain from the engine to the traction-wheels for going either forward or backward. Claim: The engine, cylinder, crank-shaft, and slotted side plates, all connected together for transmitting the strain to the axle independently of the boiler, in combination with the axle, springs supporting the weight of the engine, a radially-movable counter-shaft having one end extended through and made vertically movable in a slot in the side plate, and a link connecting the countershaft at this end to the axle.
263,159	Aug. 22, 1882	Traction Engine	Abraham O. Frick	Waynesborough, Franklin County, PA	Abstract: My invention relates to certain improvements in traction or road engines of the same general construction and function as those for which I have previously filed two applications for patents, bearing date March 7, 1882, and marked "Cases A and B." As in these preceding inventions, the object of my present improvement is, in short, to provide such flexible and elastic connections between the running or traction wheels and the body of the engine and its driving-gear as will adapt the engine to passage over rough roads without involving undue strains upon the working parts. These features of improvement I will fully describe in connection with the other parts shown in the drawings, and then clearly design ate them. Claim: The countershaft composed of two parts, combined with and connected by the links g, sliding block h, with rollers i, and hollow clutch-section j, having guideways to receive the rollers.
266,456	Oct. 24, 1882	Traction Engine	Abraham O. Frick	Waynesborough, Franklin County, PA	Abstract: My invention relates to traction engines which use a fly-wheel for evening and steadying the motion by giving off the power, to aid in sudden emergencies or in intermittent strains, which has been accumulated in the intervals between severe labor, said fly-wheel serving also as a band-wheel when doing local work; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide means whereby the fly-wheel may be readily connected with a spur-wheel for the purpose of operating the traction-wheels, or disconnected therefrom when using the handwheel in local work; second, to provide means whereby two rates of speed may be given to the traction-wheels in order that more force may be applied to the traction-wheels for ascending hills, the engine advancing along the road at a rate proportionally slower as the force applied is increased, the engine revolving all the time at the same speed and producing the same amount of power. I attain these objects by mechanism hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which is a sectional elevation, longitudinal with respect to the engine-shaft. Claim: The combination, with the spur-wheel K, shaft L, pillow-block F, main shaft A, and flywheel D, secured thereon and provided with a turned hub for a bearing for the gear-wheel O, of the pin-hole E, extending through the hub of wheel D, and said turned bearing thereon, the pin-hole c in wheel B, within the circle of its teeth, and the pin H, fitted easily in holes E e.
273,978	Mar. 13, 1883	Road-engine	Abraham O. Frick	Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA	Abstract: Our invention relates to certain improvements in portable engines, which are applicable to all engines of the portable class, whether the same be self-propelling engines or mounted engines, which are designed to be transported by a team. Our invention has reference to the manner of mounting the boiler upon the running-gears, and its object is mainly to relieve the boilerplates of the strain at the rivets which connect the boiler to the spring-boxes; and to this end it consists in passing beneath the rear end of the boiler one or more stirrup-rods, which carry the weight of the rear end of the boiler, which stirrup-rods are connected at their ends to a cap which rests above the springs in the spring-boxes, which springs are mounted upon the top of the axle, on each side, and which boxes are fastened to the boiler- plates, and serve to guide and hold the boiler in its vertical oscillations on the axle. Our invention also consists in means for locking the boiler, so as to preclude the action of the springs when the engine is stationary on its wheels and at work, and also in the means for mounting the forward end of the boiler. With regard to the front bearing for the boiler, we do not claim here the yoke, hollow casting, and springs, as these are shown in a prior patent, granted July 5, 1881, No. 243,881, but only the peculiar construction of the upper portions of the yoke H and its combination with the plate G. Claim: The stirrup-rod passing under and supporting the boiler, combined with supporting-springs arranged between the ends of said rods and the axle, substantially as described. The stirrup-rod passing under and supporting the boiler, combined with a box or casting fixed to the side of the boiler, and a spring arranged in the box or casting beneath the stirrup-rod, so as to carry the strain of the boiler.
		Road-engine	William H. Snyder	Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA
275,279	Apr. 03, 1883	Traction-Engine	Abraham O. Frick	Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA	Abstract: In traction-engines it is desirable to have the two main-wheels driven independently, so that the inner wheel in turning a curve maybe stationary, or nearly so, while the outer wheel is rounding the larger curve, and for this purpose it is customary to employ a compensating-gear consisting of two bevel-wheels on the axle, facing each other, one of which is connected to one of the main wheels, and the other of which is connected to the axle which is rigid with the other main wheel, and between which bevel-wheels is arranged a loose gearwheel receiving motion from the engine and bearing bevel-pinions which mesh with the bevel-wheels on each side of the same. With this construction of compensating-gear it sometimes happens that one main wheel will get in a mud- 3~5 hole or upon a sandy or soft foundation while the other wheel is on hard ground. In such case the wheel that is on hard ground will become stationary, and the wheel which is on soft ground will spin around at high velocity, all the power of the engine being lost in the movement of this wheel. The object of our invention is to prevent this contingency; and to this end it consists in a peculiar construction of device whereby the loose wheel is rigidly locked to the axle, so that in such case the power of the engine cannot become diverted to one wheel, but both wheels are rotated together, and the wheel which is on hard ground is made effective for drawing the engine out. Claim: he combination of~ the axle A, having arm a, the loose wheel B, having bolt c and lever e, and the compensating mechanism D E F G.
		Traction-Engine	William H. Snyder	Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA
277,784	May. 15, 1883	Traction-engine	Ignatius G. Rider	Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA	Abstract: In the use of traction or road engines it is very desirable to have it geared so that it can operate with great power and little speed, or can he run at a higher speed when not much power is required. Thus, for instance, in traveling in one direction the engine may be loaded, and when returning; from its destination it may be unloaded. In the first instance it should be geared for power, and in the latter, to economize time, it may be geared for speed. Again, some parts of the road may be heavy and the rest good, and in such ease an adaptation may be made of the gearing to suit these circumstances. Our invention consists in the combination, with the two wheels of a traction-engine, of a compensating-gear which derives motion from the driving machinery and transmits it independently to each of the two wheels, whereby either or both wheels may be driven, a locking mechanism for holding rigid one of the wheels of the compensating-gears which transmit motion to one of said traction-wheels, and an adjustment whereby that traction -wheel may be released and allowed to run freely or passively independent of its driving mechanism, whereby the value of a compensating- gear in this class of machines is preserved for turning corners, &c., and whereby, also, the desired result of attaining two speeds for the traction-engine may be made available with very little addition to the ordinary mechanism. Claim: In a traction-engine, the combination, with its two traction-wheels, of a compensating -gear for dividing and transmitting the power of the engine independently to each of the two traction-wheels, a locking device for holding one of the compensating-gears, and a releasing mechanism for disconnecting the traction-wheel tributary to that gear and permitting it to run passively, whereby the other traction-wheel is made to double its speed.
		Traction-engine	Abraham O. Frick	Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA
		Traction-engine	William H. Snyder	Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA
284,081	Aug. 28, 1883	Saw-mill set-works	William H. Snyder	Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA	Abstract: My invention relates to an improvement in sawmill head-blocks designed to enable the sawyer to move the knees forward or backward without releasing his hold upon the handle-rod and without any change in his position. Claim: The rigid sliding bar H, with laterally-projecting pin, in combination with the reversely-acting pawls pivoted or jointed to the lever, the toothed wheel operated upon by said pawls, the vibrating lever, the connecting-rod e, for actuating the sliding bar H, and means for vibrating the lever.
294,692	Mar. 04, 1884	Saw-Mill Dog	William H. Snyder	Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA	Abstract: My invention relates t o that class of saw-mill dogs in which the dog or tooth is arranged in a sliding head, which is adjusted by means of a pinion or toothed segment over a vertical rack-bar affixed to the side of the knee of the log-carriage. My invention consists in combining with said sliding head, pinion, and rack-bar a lever having a loose play about the axis of the pinion, with peculiar bearings for the same, and a tooth adapted to enter and remain in the notches of the pinion, to turn it when the lever has one of its bearing-surfaces on the axis of the pinion, and which lever and tooth are adapted to move out of range of the pinion to turn back over the same when the lever is adjusted away from the axis of the pinion. It also consists in peculiar means for locking the dog to the sliding head. Claim: The combination, with the head-block, the loose pinion, the axial bolt securing the latter to the head-block, and the rack-bar, of the handle-lever having branched ends c e with elongated openings in them, with independent bearings, e, e', and a tooth, d.
301,829	Jul. 08, 1884	Traction-Engine	Edgar Penney	Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA	Abstract: This invention relates to that class of traction-engines in which the traction-wheels are driven from the crankshaft of the steam-engine through the medium of a train of gear-wheels of which the driving-pinion on the crankshaft can be shifted, so that it may either be thrown in gear with the next wheel or disconnected therefrom, according as the steam-engine is to be used for propelling the machine or for driving other machinery. Our invention consists, mainly, in fitting a part of the said pinion in a guide, one or more on the fly-wheel, which guides also serve as clutch-teeth for driving the pinion, so that the usual driving-spline on the crankshaft may be dispensed with. Claim: The combination, substantially as before set forth, of the flywheel constructed with a ring-flange, and with guide-ribs on the interior side of said flange, and the shifting-pinion constructed with wings which are engaged by said guide-ribs.
		Traction-Engine	William H. Snyder	Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA
314,071	Mar. 17, 1885	Saw-mill dog	William H. Snyder	Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA	Abstract: This invention relates to that type of sawmill head-blocks wherein an under dog is provided as well as an upper dog, so that the log or board may be held at the bottom as well as at the top. The object of my improvement is to so arrange the under dog that it wilt be entirely out of the way and to provide a strong and compact mechanism for operating it. My improvement consists in arranging this under dog in a chamber or recess formed in the head-block, and combining it with an eccentric and eccentric-rod for raising and lowering it. Claim: The combination, substantially as before set forth, of the saw-mill head-block constructed with a chamber, the under dog pivoted to the head-block within said chamber, the eccentric in said chamber above the dog and journaled in the side of the head-block, and the eccentric rod and strap for connecting the pivoted dog with the eccentric.
314,072	Mar. 17, 1885	Traction Engine	William Snyder	Waynesborough, Franklin County, OH	Abstract: My improvement consists of an attachment which I term a "furrow-pilot," adapted to be applied to the swiveling truck of an ordinary traction-engine, when such engine is to be used for operating a gang of plows, the farrow-pilot being provided with a runner designed to run in the last furrow, whereby the traction-engine can be automatically steered by such furrow-pilot. Claim: A furrow-pilot for traction plowing-engines adapted to be pivoted to the swiveling truck thereof,.
314,172	Mar. 17, 1885	Road Engine	Abraham O. Frick	Waynesborough, Franklin County, PA	Abstract: This invention relates to road-engines in which the boiler is arranged horizontally at right angles to the axles. The various locations heretofore assigned to the feed-water tank or tanks in this style of road-engines-such as the rear platform below the boiler, on the boiler, &c. are all more or less objectionable. In some cases the capacity of the tanks is necessarily limited, by reason of their location, to comparatively small size, so that they require frequent replenishment, involving much loss of time. In other cases their location disturbs the balance of the engine under certain circumstances, so as to interfere with the steering. Claim: A road-engine having; a laterally-projecting platform between the driving and steering wheels for the support of a feed-water tank.
316,299	Apr. 21, 1885	Saw-mill set-works	William H. Snyder	Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA	Abstract: This invention relates to the feed mechanism of sawmill head-blocks whereby the head-blocks are advanced across the log-carriage to feed the log or stick of timber across the line of the saw each time preparatory to sawing a board from the log. My invention consists of certain novel combinations, with such feed mechanism, of mechanical devices for operating it automatically at the required times. Claim: The combination, substantially as before set forth, of the feed-shaft of the head-blocks on the log-carriage of a saw-mill, the ratchet-wheel fixed to said shaft, the loose spur-wheel thereon carrying a pawl for turning said ratchet-wheel, the cross-sliding rack and the lever for sliding it both mounted on the log-carriage, and a stationary camway for vibrating the said lever.
331,653	Dec. 01, 1885	Portable saw-mill	James N. Richey	Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA	Abstract: My invention relates to an improvement in portable saw-mills; and it consists in, first, a portable saw-mill, in which the axle and the mudsill are secured together or formed in a single piece; second, the combination of the front axle, a mudsill which forms a bolster and is placed thereon, and which is made adjustable for the purpose of leveling the mill while in operation, and by means of which the front wheels can be turned freely in any direction; third, the combination of that part of the frame or mill which is rigidly secured to the sills, with those portions of the ways which are loosely connected thereto and form an extension of' the ways at each end of the frame, and which movable portions are adapted to be folded back on top of the frame while the mill is being moved from place to place; fourth, the combination of the stationary part of the mill, which is secured to the mud-sills, with the movable portion of the ways, and the jointed braces for securing the movable portions of the ways in position; fifth, the combination of the wheels, recessed blocks to receive them while the mill is at work, boards which are applied to opposite sides of the wheels and blocks, and clamping-bolts for securing the parts together and locking the wheels in place; sixth, the combination of the two parts of the head-block provided with wheels, with a toothed rod or pipe for connecting them together: seventh, the cam-washers, by means of which the ground-wheels are locked against lateral motion while the machine is in operation. The object of my invention is to produce a portable saw-mill which can be hauled like a wagon to any desired place, the movable parts quickly adjusted into position, the desired quantity of lumber sawed, and then the movable parts again packed upon the frame, ready to be moved to some other place. Claim: In a portable saw-mill, the combination of the rear sill and axle, combined together so as to form practically one piece, and provided with wheels, the front axle, the front sill, which is adjustably secured upon the front axle, the husk and ways which are placed upon the tops of the wheels and connect them together, the saw, and the carriage which moves back and forth upon the way.
334,978	Jan. 26, 1886	Traction Engine	Edgar Penney	Waynesborough, Franklin County, PA	Abstract: My invention relates to an improvement in traction-engines; and it consists in, first, a gear-frame which consists of a large rigid casting which is bolted or riveted to the extended portions of the outside firebox sheet of the boiler, at and near the rear end of the fire-box, the casting being made to connect the sheet both above and behind second, the combination of the boiler, the engine, and a pivoted expansion-joint, by means of which the front end of the engine is connected to the boiler, as will be more fully described hereinafter. The objects of my invention are to facilitate and cheapen the cost of manufacture, and make it possible to duplicate with certainty any of the main parts of the driving and propelling mechanism; to enable the engine and gearing to be mounted and set np independently of the boiler, and then plated in position and secured to strengthen the structure of a traction-boiler, and prepare it to receive the strain, without injury, which may come upon it from the propelling motion, and so connect the front end of the engine to the boiler that the expansion of the metal, caused by the heat of the boiler, will not interfere with the fastenings by which the engine is attached to the boiler. Claim: A gear-frame or casting which connects the outside edges of the firebox sheet, and which has bearings for the axle and counter-shaft, and a seat upon which the bed of the engine is supported.
417,014	Dec. 10, 1889	Drier for fruit and like articles	Frederick Frick	Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA	Abstract: Our invention relates to the class of driers for fruit, vegetables, and like articles; and it consists in certain details of construction. Claim: A drier having movable crates or cages and provided with a movable vestibule for isolating a single crate or cage within the drier, and guides or tracks for said vestibule extending within the drier.
		Drier for fruit and like articles	George Frick	Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA
447,043	Feb. 24, 1891	Thrashing-machine	George Frick	Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA	Abstract: My invention is an improvement in thrashing-machines. Claim: The combination, of the straw-propelling drum, the apron, and the spring supporting one end of the same.