James L. Haven & Co. - Assigned Patents

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James L. Haven & Co.
Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number	Date	Title	Name	City	Description
X3,131	Sep. 06, 1819	Machine for turning gun stocks	Thomas Blanchard	Millbury, MA	This patent was withdrawn and reissued 1820-01-20, "by act of Congress." It is one of the most important woodworking-relating patents, and was a key innovation in the industrial revolution. It was extended by act of Congress on 1834-01-20 and again on 1848-01-20. James L. Haven & Co. is listed as a manufacturer: "Blanchard's Patent Lathes for turning irregular forms" was listed as a product they made in an 1854 directory ad. Undoubtedly there were numerous other licensees of Blanchard's patent but as yet we have not identified any others. A search of old court records would likely turn up several names. From the 1886 book, "Federal Decisions, Vol. XXV. Patents, Copyright and Trade-marks", this patent was involved in the following litigation. "Construed not to include the power for working the combination; the claims sustained, Blanchard Gun-stock Turning Co. v. Warner, 1 Blatch., 278. Reviewed, Blanchard v. Beers, 2 Blatch., 413. Construed, and renewal by congress void for error as to description and date in act of congress. Blanchard v. Sprague, 3 Sumn., 279. Construed; held not unconstitutional; infringed, Blanchard v. Sprague, 3 Sumn., 535. See, also, Blanchard v. Whitney, 3 Blatch., 307; v. Sprague, 2 Story, 164; v. Eldridge, 1 Wall. Jr., 337; Blanchard Gun-stock Turning Co. v. Jacobs, 2 Blatch., 69." The above book also has the following information under the date of the patent issued 1820-01-20, which is the date of the act-of-Congress reissue. "Construed and held infringed, Blanchard v. Reeves, 1 Fish., 103. See, also, Blanchard v. Sprague, 3 Sumn., 535; 3 Sumn., 279; 2 Story, 164; v. Eldridge, 1 Wall. Jr., 337; v. Sprague, 1 Cliff., 288; v. Haynes, 6 West. L. J., 82; v. Beers, 2 Blatch., 413; Blanchard Gun-stock Turning Co. v. Jacobs, 2 Blatch., 69; Blanchard Gun-stock Turning Co. v. Warner, 1 Blatch., 278."
9,431	Nov. 30, 1852	Mortising-machine	Joseph Guild	Cincinnati, OH	The inventor was partner in the large Cincinnati carpentry firm of Hinkle & Guild, innovators in pre-fabricated building. "Guild's Patent Mortising Machines, for Hubs and Square work" was listed in an ad for James L. Haven & Co. in an 1854 directory. The October 1890 issue of Industry says that Guild invented the "graduated stroke mortising machine", and the machine was subsequently manufactured by Lane & Bodley. The article also says that the graduated stroke mortiser design was widely produced by Cincinnati makers but no-where else as others failed to realize its advantages. Other (non-Cincinnati) makers used the "variable-stroke" design where the stroke must be equal both below and above the surface of the stock, whereas the graduated-stroke machine needs much less stroke above the surface. The 1853-12-31 Scientific American, page 126, has an article on this invention, which was "Manufactured by Lane & Bodley, to whom all orders should be addressed. This firm, and that of Geo. H. Knight & Brother, of the same city, are joint owners of the patent." According to the 1873 "Subject-matter index of patents for inventions issued by the United States Patent Office", this patent was granted an extension.
22,802	Feb. 01, 1859	Improvement in Mills for Grinding Cane, &c.	Isaac A. Hedges	Cincinnati, OH	This patent date, along with July 7 1863, is reported on a Pioneer No. 1 sorghum press made by James L. Haven & Co. Sechler & Day succeeded the late firms of Hedges, Free & Co. & Watkin, Free & Co. ca. 1862. Abstract: My improvements consist in surrounding the openings for the roller or cylinder shafts in the upper and lower plates with annular ledges, which ledges are accommodated by corresponding recesses in either end of the rollers, while the faces of the rollers are permitted to extend downwardly and upwardly externally to the circle of the ledges to the top and bottom plates. The ledges on the bottom plate serve to stop the cane-juice from reaching and flowing out through the openings for the shafts, retaining the oil also from spreading and mixing with the juice. The ledges on the upper plate serve to prevent the oil from spreading along the lower surface of the plate to a point outside the area of the rollers and to a contact with the cane, while the recesses in the upper end of the rollers serve to contain the oil which escapes from the upper journals, permitting it to be conducted through the tube hereinafter described to the lower journals. My second improvement consists in providing a regulator and adjuster, being an oblong throat placed longitudinally with and extending the entire length of the rollers, and of a Width just sufficient to accommodate as much cane as should be permitted to be fed between the cylinders or rollers at one time. The design of this device is also to adjust the cane as it is fed in quantities through it to the mill in a vertical array or series of stalks evenly distributed through the entire length of the crushing-rollers, preventing the admission of a quantity sufficient to clog or to endanger the mill, and securing, by an even distribution of the cane over the entire length of the rollers, their uniform action and an equal pressure upon all the substance passing through them. This regulator or adjuster is used, in connection with a table of suitable height and length, to support the outer ends of the stalks while they are being carried through the regulator to the mill, and in case the quantity presented to the rollers should at `any time by enlargement become greater than can be readily drawn through the regulator some stalks will be broken off and the amount of cane thus reduced to the proper quantity. My third improvement consists in providing tubes for oil, passing down through appropriate openings from the recess in the top of the rollers to points of communication with the bearings below, by which the oil, after supplying the upper journals, is conducted to the journals below, and thence is permitted to distribute itself to the gearing, thus securing, by a convenient and certain process, the means of lubricating the remote and otherwise almost inaccessible parts oi the apparatus. My fourth improvement consists in adapting a pair of corrugated cylindrical shells or sleeves, so constructed in their internal and external dimensions in reference to the diameters and central distances of one pair of the crushing rollers that they may be conveniently slipped over the latter and retained in place by corresponding lugs and recesses. The corrugated surfaces of the cylinder thus prepared match together in close proximity, and constitute, when thus arranged, a substantial, convenient, and efficient corrugated mill. Claim: Surrounding the openings in the top and bottom plates with annular ledges L, when employed in connection with rollers having recesses corresponding with them in their top and bottom ends..
39,182	Jul. 07, 1863	Improvement in sugar-cane-crushing mills	Isaac Straub	Cincinnati, OH	This patent date, along with that for patent 22,802, is reported on a Pioneer No. 1 sorghum press made by James L. Haven & Co.
59,745	Nov. 20, 1866	Bandelore	Charles Hettrick	Cincinnati, OH	A bandelore is what we now call a yo-yo. Co-inventor Haven later designed some woodworking machines.
		Bandelore	James L. Haven	Cincinnati, OH
61,424	Jan. 22, 1867	Improved meat-cutter	James L. Haven	Cincinnati, OH	Of interest because the manufacturer also made woodworking machinery, including a horizontal borer.
D2,674	Jun. 18, 1867	Design for Plow Clevis	George P. Darrow	Cincinnati, OH	The design includes a wrench-head pin and appears to complement Darrow's utility patent no. 57,436 issued Aug. 21, 1866. Darrow's Dec. 14, 1869 plow clevis design (pat. no. 3,785) is a more elaborate piece. An 1888 FARM IMPLEMENT NEWS BUYERS GUIDE lists James L. Haven Co, Cincinnati as a clevis manufacturer.
D2,747	Aug. 13, 1867	Design for a blacksmith's drill	James L. Haven	Cincinnati, OH
80,047	Jul. 21, 1868	Improvement in hand-loom	James Albertson	Richmond, IN
		Improvement in hand-loom	Sample C. Byers	Richmond, IN
81,480	Aug. 25, 1868	Improvement in cast nuts	George P. Darrow	Cincinnati, OH
85,819	Jan. 12, 1869	Improvement in grindstone-journal boxes	James L. Haven	Cincinnati, OH
D3,412	Mar. 23, 1869	Design for a barn-door hanger	James L. Haven	Cincinnati, OH
D3,785	Dec. 14, 1869	Design For A Plow-Clevis	George P. Darrow	Cincinnati, OH	The clevis design includes a "wrench-head pin" and is clearly related to Darrow's Aug. 21, 1866 patent (no. 57,436), and June 18, 1867 plow clevis design patent (no. 2,674). A known example is marked with the patent date. According to Jack Devitt's "Ohio Toolmakers and Their Tools," James L. Haven & Co. and successor firms produced a variety of ironware from the late 1850s well into the 20th Century.
		Design For A Plow-Clevis	George Johnson (Administrator)	Cincinnati, OH
99,716	Feb. 08, 1870	Improvement in molding-cutter	Thomas J. Shannon	Lawrenceburg, IN
RE4,028	Jun. 14, 1870	Improved bedstead-fastening	John Lemman	Cincinnati, OH
111,640	Feb. 07, 1871	Improvement in wind and cider-presses	Thomas W. Grinter	Russellville, KY
D4,922	May. 23, 1871	Design for chain-pumps	Henry L. Fry	Cincinnati, OH
D4,924	May. 23, 1871	Design for a housing-plate	James L. Haven	Cincinnati, OH	The "housing-plate" is a cover for a gear-case.
D4,945	May. 30, 1871	Design for a chain-pump	Henry L. Fry	Cincinnati, OH
D5,148	Aug. 01, 1871	Design for a caster	James L. Haven	Cincinnati, OH
133,133	Nov. 19, 1872	Improvement in cider-mills	Henry L. Whitman	St. Louis, MO
148,211	Mar. 03, 1874	Improvement in sausage-stuffers	James L. Haven	Cincinnati, OH
RE5,890	May. 26, 1874	Improvement in cider-mills	Henry L. Whitman	St. Louis, MO
152,371	Jun. 23, 1874	Improvement in furniture-fastenings	George H. Knight	Cincinnati, OH
		Improvement in furniture-fastenings	James L. Haven	Cincinnati, OH
152,370	Jun. 23, 1874	Improvement in bedsteads	James L. Haven	Cincinnati, OH
RE5,982	Jul. 21, 1874	Improvement in cider-mills	Henry L. Whitman	St. Louis, MO
D8,396	Jun. 15, 1875	Design for a chain-pump curb	Henry L. Fry	Cincinnati, OH
D8,397	Jun. 15, 1875	Design for a chain-pump curb	Henry L. Fry	Cincinnati, OH
178,496	Jun. 06, 1876	Improvement in cider-mills	Henry L. Whitman	St. Louis, MO
233,150	Oct. 12, 1880	Machine for trimming the ends of vehicle-axle boxes	James L. Haven	Cincinnati, OH
233,159	Oct. 12, 1880	Steamboat-staging	John B. Mooney	Cincinnati, OH
233,160	Oct. 12, 1880	Steamboat-staging	John B. Mooney	Cincinnati, OH
259,685	Jun. 20, 1882	Staging for steamboats	James L. Haven	Cincinnati, OH
		Staging for steamboats	John B. Mooney	Cincinnati, OH
283,779	Aug. 28, 1883	Tobacco-cutter	James L. Haven	Cincinnati, OH
450,965	Apr. 21, 1891	Elevator-valve controller	Edwin S. Matthews	Cincinnati, OH
453,980	Jun. 09, 1891	Hydraulic valve-gear	Edwin S. Matthews	Cincinnati, OH	This patent is intended primarily for use in elevators.
455,536	Jul. 07, 1891	Elevator	Edwin S. Matthews	Cincinnati, OH
469,655	Feb. 23, 1892	Elevator-controller	Edwin S. Matthews	Cincinnati, OH
472,930	Apr. 12, 1892	Controller for elevators	Edwin S. Matthews	Cincinnati, OH
476,289	Jun. 07, 1892	Safety device for elevators	Edwin S. Matthews	Cincinnati, OH
481,580	Aug. 30, 1892	Elevator-controlling mechanism	Edwin S. Matthews	Cincinnati, OH
503,975	Aug. 29, 1893	Hydraulic valve-gear	Edwin S. Matthews	Cincinnati, OH	This hydraulic valve-gear is intended for elevators.
519,639	May. 08, 1894	Hydraulic valve	Edwin S. Matthews	Cincinnati, OH	This valve-gear is intended for elevators.