Manufacturers Index - West Tire Setter Co.
West Tire Setter Co.
Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class:
Metal Working Machinery
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99,269
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Jan. 25, 1870
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Improved lathe-dog
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Jonathan B. West |
Geneseo, NY |
The inventor would later establish the West Tire Setter Co. in Rochester, NY. |
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101,330
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Mar. 29, 1870
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Tire Tightener
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Jonathan Burns West |
Geneseo, Livingston County, NY |
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200,637
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Feb. 26, 1878
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Improvement in Machines for Setting Tires
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Jonathan B. West |
Geneseo, Livingston County, NY |
Claim:
My improvement relates to those machines in the form of a chain or band which are placed around the wheel and tightened to compress the tire. Such machines are well known, and I lay no claim to such broadly. |
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444,165
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Jan. 06, 1891
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Gage for tire-setters
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Jonathan B. West |
Rochester, NY |
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520,817
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Jun. 05, 1894
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Machine for setting tires
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Jonathan B. West |
Rochester, NY |
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570,525
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Nov. 03, 1896
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Car-wheel
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Jonathan B. West |
Rochester, NY |
The "car-wheel" in question is a railway wheel, especially a locomotive driving-wheel. The wheel has a metallic center that is machined as usual and then a continuous flanged iron "tire" that is compressed onto the center using the machine of patent 520,817. |
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634,280
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Oct. 03, 1899
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Car Wheel
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Jonathan B. West |
Rochester, Monroe County, NY |
Claim:
The herein-described car-wheel, consisting of a metallic wheel-body provided with outwardly-flaring bevels on its outer edge, one on each side, and a continuous rolled tire, provided with two flanges on the inside, said tire being contracted by hydraulic pressure to fit saidl body, and the flanges on the inner part of the tire being bent inwardly to engage with the bevels on the wheel-body, whereby the amount of pressure exerted upon the tire for contracting it upon the periphery and sides of the wheel-body may be regulated with exactness. |
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653,462
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Jul. 10, 1900
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Sprocket-Chain
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Jonathan B. West |
Rochester, Monroe County, NY |
Claim:
A sprocket-chain composed of U-shaped links and plain links, the U-shaped links being arranged on the inner sides of the plain links, and pintles for connecting said series of links, both series of links being substantially of the same width and length. |
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758,361
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Apr. 26, 1904
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Power Hammer
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Henry W. Hathorn |
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, IA |
In 1908, Hathorn sold his rights to this patent to West Tire Setter Co. of Rochester, NY.
Patented in Canada, #89,850. |
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