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Key to Links for Patent Information
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on patents related to machinery and tools. A much easier user interface than the
USPTO's for finding information on machinery patents.
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24,101
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May. 24, 1859
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Horse-power machine
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Albert B. Colton |
Athens, GA |
An Albert B. Colton was partner in a foundry and machine shop in Franklin, Indiana after the Civil War. |
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28,192
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May. 08, 1860
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Valve-cock
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Albert B. Colton |
Athens, GA |
An Albert B. Colton was partner in a foundry and machine shop in Franklin, Indiana after the Civil War. |
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Valve-cock
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Reuben Nickerson |
Athens, GA |
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30,563
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Nov. 06, 1860
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Spike for threshing-machines
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Albert B. Colton |
Athens, GA |
An Albert B. Colton was partner in a foundry and machine shop in Franklin, Indiana after the Civil War. |
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54,608
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May. 08, 1866
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Improvement in sawing-machines
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Albert B. Colton |
Franklin, IN |
The co-inventors owned a foundry and are believed to have manufactured this firewood saw; they exhibited it at the 1869 Indiana State Fair. |
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Improvement in sawing-machines
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Anton Saur |
Franklin, IN |
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171,870
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Jan. 04, 1876
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Improvement in door-sills
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Anton Saur |
Franklin, IN |
Anton Saur had been partner in the foundry and machine shop of Saur & Colton, which seems to have been defunct by the time this patent was issued. |
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289,752
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Dec. 04, 1883
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Stub-axle for trucks
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Albert B. Colton |
Franklin, IN |
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