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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
44,333 Sep. 20, 1864 Improvement in cutter-arms for planing-machines Rufus N. Meriam Worcester, MA This patent was seen on a Daniels planer from Richardson, Meriam & Co. at Percy & Small shipyard mill, part of the Maine Maritime Museum.
53,466 Mar. 27, 1866 Improvement in planing-machines William B. McIver Worcester, MA Reported on a Richardson, Meriam & Co. planer; that planer also had patent dates for patent 64,064 and patent 70,592. The inventor was a partner in Richardson, Meriam & Co.
64,064 Apr. 23, 1867 Improvement in self-lubricating journal-box Samuel Fisk Bond Worcester, MA This patent was seen on a Daniels planer from Richardson, Meriam & Co. at Percy & Small shipyard mill, part of the Maine Maritime Museum. It was also reported on a planer-matcher and a circular resaw, both from the same company. An 1869 advertisement for Richardson, Meriam & Co. lists S. F. Bond as a partner in the business; one of the witnesses on this patent, William B. McIver, was also a partner (there were only two other partners, being Horace A. Richardson and Rufus N. Meriam).
70,592 Nov. 05, 1867 Improvement in planing machines Rufus N. Meriam Worcester, MA This patent was reported on a planer-matcher from Richardson, Meriam & Co.
76,791 Apr. 14, 1868 Improvement in wood-planing machines Rufus N. Meriam Worcester, MA According to a history of Richardson, Meriam & Co., this patent covers "the 'Champion Molding-machine,' a piece of mechanism adapted to all sizes and styles of molding, which will work from sides; both side-heads can be set to cut any angle, and adjusted either horizontally or vertically, without changing the angle."
96,718 Nov. 09, 1869 Improved belt-tightener Rufus N. Meriam Worcester, MA "This improvement is applicable to all machines where the driven pulley does not maintain a fixed position, but changes the distance from the driving-pulley more or less, and may be adapted to two or more arbors." It was particularly useful on tenoning machines.
97,950 Dec. 14, 1869 Improvement in gages for circular-saw tables Rufus N. Meriam Worcester, MA
98,396 Dec. 28, 1869 Improvement in cutter-heads Rufus N. Meriam Worcester, MA
147,675 Feb. 17, 1874 Improvement in expansive gears for feed-rolls of wood-planers, &c. Rufus N. Meriam Worcester, MA
4,474 Mar. 10, 1875 Expansive gear for feed rolls of wood planers and other machines Rufus N. Meriam Worcester, MA At the time the patent was granted the inventor was partner in Richardson, Meriam & Co. That substantial and successful firm went out of business during the financial panic of 1876 and re-emerged as McIver Brothers & Co., with Meriam as an employee.