Manufacturers Index - Richardson, Meriam & Co.
Richardson, Meriam & Co.
Worcester, MA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class:
Wood Working Machinery
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44,333
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Sep. 20, 1864
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Improvement in cutter-arms for planing-machines
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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. |
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53,466
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Mar. 27, 1866
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Improvement in planing-machines
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William B. McIver |
Worcester, MA |
This patent covers expansion gearing used to drive the feed rolls regardless of the spacing between the rolls. The mechanism uses rubber springs to provide a yielding force when the lumber moves between the rolls, and also to accommodate both side-to-side and longitudinal variation in thickness. The mechanism uses bevel gears and a vertical shaft on one side of the rolls. The shaft moves with the upper roll when the roll spacing is adjusted; the bevel gear for the lower roll slides along a keyed section of shaft to accommodate that adjustment. This mechanism uses gears that are relatively small and can be made identical to one another, reducing production costs. The design is simple and effective and was widely copied after the patent had expired. The patent also covers the gearing used to adjust the position of the upper roll and that mechanism uses similar bevel gears as the feed-roll gearing.
This patent date is 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. |
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64,064
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Apr. 23, 1867
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Improvement in self-lubricating journal-box
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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). |
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70,592
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Nov. 05, 1867
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Improvement in planing machines
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Rufus N. Meriam |
Worcester, MA |
This patent was reported on a planer-matcher from Richardson, Meriam & Co. This patent was subject to litigation from J. A. Fay & Co., owners of patent 32,904 that anticipated some of the claims of the Meriam patent. |
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76,791
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Apr. 14, 1868
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Improvement in wood-planing machines
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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." |
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96,718
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Nov. 09, 1869
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Improved belt-tightener
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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. |
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97,950
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Dec. 14, 1869
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Improvement in gages for circular-saw tables
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Rufus N. Meriam |
Worcester, MA |
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98,396
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Dec. 28, 1869
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Improvement in cutter-heads
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Rufus N. Meriam |
Worcester, MA |
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147,675
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Feb. 17, 1874
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Improvement in expansive gears for feed-rolls of wood-planers, &c.
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Rufus N. Meriam |
Worcester, MA |
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4,474
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Mar. 10, 1875
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Expansive gear for feed rolls of wood planers and other machines
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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. |
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