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Manufacturers Index - Chauncey H. Guard

Chauncey H. Guard
Burlington, VT; Troy, NY, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
8,152 Jun. 10, 1851 Carriage-spring Chauncey H. Guard Brownville, Jefferson County, NY
9,242 Sep. 07, 1852 Machine for making carriage-wheels Chauncey H. Guard Brownville, Jefferson County, NY The inventor would patent a different wheel machine in 1857 (patent 18,448), and that one was manufactured by the inventor, who had in the meantime relocated to Troy, NY.
13,307 Jul. 24, 1855 Machine for boring and mortising hubs Chauncey H. Guard Brownville, Jefferson County, NY The patent specification incorrectly put the inventor in "Brownsville, in the county of Jefferson and State of New York"; Brownsville is a neighborhood in Brooklyn whereas the town in Jefferson County is Brownville, near Watertown.
14,337 Feb. 26, 1856 Wheelwright-machine Chauncey H. Guard Brownville, Jefferson County, NY
18,448 Oct. 20, 1857 Wheelwright-machine Chauncey H. Guard Brownville, Jefferson County, NY A full-page ad in the 1859 New York City Directory features an illustration of this machine. "C. H. Guard, Troy, N. Y., who is exclusively engined in manufacturing these machines... From the Scientific American, April 17, 1858. 'We have seen the hubs bored and morticed, the spokes driven in and tenoned and the felloes bored of three sets of wheels, of six large wheels and six small ones, in between six and seven hours, by one man on these machines. We believe that it is one of the must useful machines for carriage builders and wheelwrights ever yet produced.'"
34,300 Feb. 04, 1862 Improved machine for making carriage-wheels Chauncey H. Guard Troy, NY
39,699 Aug. 25, 1863 Improvement in body loop for carriages Chauncey H. Guard Troy, NY "In the ordinary and useful mode of connecting the bodies of carriages...with the running-gear thereof, the body is supported by means of a simple looped rod resting upon the upper side of the spring-bar and secured thereto by a bolt..."