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901
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Mar. 30, 1871
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Improvements in machines or devices for attachment to bottles for securing the corks
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Edwin James Banfield |
QC, Canada |
The inventor is described as a "mast and spar maker", and his invention was "The Dominion Cork Retainer". The inventor was perhaps a brother of W. H. Banfield, who moved from Quebec City to Toronto to manufacture metalworking machinery, W. H. Banfield & Sons. |
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54,364
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Dec. 16, 1896
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Grinding machine
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Horace Stephen Buckland |
Fremont, OH |
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168,023
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Mar. 07, 1916
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Shell making machinery
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Edward J. Banfield |
ON, Canada |
The inventor was one of the "Sons" in W. H. Banfield & Sons, who did an enormous business making both shells and shell-making machinery during the Great War. |
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181,459
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Jan. 01, 1918
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Central tubes for shrapnel shells
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William Irwin Banfield |
ON, Canada |
The inventor was one of the "Sons" in W. H. Banfield & Sons, who did an enormous business making both shells and shell-making machinery during the Great War. |
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186,201
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Aug. 27, 1918
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Shell fuse hole shipping plug
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William Irwin Banfield |
ON, Canada |
The inventor was one of the "Sons" in W. H. Banfield & Sons, who did an enormous business making both shells and shell-making machinery during the Great War. |
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224,694
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Oct. 10, 1922
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Manufacture of piston rings
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William H. Banfield |
ON, Canada |
W. H. Banfield & Sons was the Canadian manufacturer of piston rings for McQuay-Norris Mfg. Co. of St. Louis, MO. |
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257,304
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Jan. 19, 1926
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Electric switch box
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William Irwin Banfield |
ON, Canada |
The inventor was one of the "Sons" in W. H. Banfield & Sons. "The principal objects of this invention are to facilitate the locating and securing of switch boxes in a building and to provide means for securing the laths in position around the box. The principal features of the invention consist in securing to a switch box a rigid metal strip and providing said strip with means for locating the box in position and means for securing it permanently." |