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Manufacturers Index - Napier Saw Works; Metal Saw & Machine Co.

Napier Saw Works; Metal Saw & Machine Co.
Rochester, NY; Springfield, MA; Middletown, NY, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
935,395 Sep. 28, 1909 Metal Sawing Machine Charles Napier Springfield, Hampden County, MA
1,221,576 Apr. 03, 1917 Manufacture of tempered saw-blades Charles Napier Springfield, MA
1,265,944 May. 14, 1918 Process of and Apparatus for Heat Treatment of Metal Objects Charles Napier Springfield, Hampden County, MA This patent was for the clips to heat treat hacksaw blades in a continuous line.
1,333,767 Mar. 16, 1920 Method of making tempered blades Charles Napier Springfield, MA This patent provides improvements to the tempering process using the tempering machine of patent 1,221,576 and to the process of patent 1,265,944.
1,350,618 Aug. 24, 1920 Apparatus for making tempered blades Charles Napier Springfield, MA This patent provides improvements to the tempering process using the tempering machine of patents 1,221,576 and 1,265,944. This patent produces blades of varying temper, where the tooth tips are of maximum hardness which gradually transitions through decreasing hardness (but increasing resilience) through the rest of the tooth.
1,352,140 Sep. 07, 1920 Tempered blade Charles Napier Springfield, MA This patent provides improvements to the tempering process using the tempering machine of patent 1,221,576 and the process of patent 1,265,944. This patent covers sawblade composition to support his variable-tempering process which produced "glass-hard" tooth tips that became progressively softer and more resilient from the tip to the root of the tooth.
1,360,972 Nov. 30, 1920 Metal-sawing machine Charles Napier Springfield, MA Improvements to the horizontal bandsaw of patent 935,395.
1,461,004 Jul. 03, 1923 Hack-saw machine of the continuous-band type Charles Napier Springfield, MA