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Manufacturers Index - Snyder Brothers

Snyder Brothers
Williamsport, PA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Steam and Gas Engines

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
38,329 Apr. 28, 1863 Improvement in shingle-machines S. J. Parker Williamsport, PA For many years the Snyder Brothers of Williamsport manufactured and sold their "Parker shingle mill" which was a well-respected machine, capable of rapidly turning out completed shingles. Patent 175,578 contains an improvement to this design that was granted to Jesse D. Snyder and Henry F. Snyder.
85,341 Dec. 29, 1868 Improvement in casting bearings for machinery Henry F. Snyder Williamsport, PA The Snyders were the principals of the Snyder Brothers, a sawmill machinery maker in Williamsport.
    Improvement in casting bearings for machinery George S. Snyder Williamsport, PA  
    Improvement in casting bearings for machinery William N. Jones Williamsport, PA  
101,531 Apr. 05, 1870 Improvement in saw-mills George S. Snyder Williamsport, PA
    Improvement in saw-mills Henry F. Snyder Williamsport, PA  
105,244 Jul. 12, 1870 Improvement in machine for sharpening the teeth of saws Harford J. Perkins Williamsport, PA Inventor Perkins was a partner of Willis J. Perkins in Perkins & Co. The assignee was partner in sawmill machinery maker Snyder Brothers. This machine was seen in an 1882 Rowley & Hermance catalog, marketed as the "Climax Saw Gummer and Filer". It is uncertain if they actually manufactured the machine, though. An 1875 ad for Union Iron Works, Wm. H. Hiner & Co., says that they are manufacturers of Perkins' Saw Gummer.
115,538 May. 30, 1871 Improvement in rolls for gang saw-mills Henry F. Snyder Williamsport, PA
123,586 Feb. 13, 1872 Improvement in saw-mills Henry F. Snyder Williamsport, PA
    Improvement in saw-mills Samuel Weymouth Williamsport, PA  
124,524 Mar. 12, 1872 Improvement in sawmills Samuel Weymouth Williamsport, PA
126,667 May. 14, 1872 Improvement in circular-saw mills Nicholas Zierden Williamsport, PA This invention is for a machine that takes sawmill offcuts and cuts fence-pickets and laths from them. By 1890, after this patent had expired, the machine was being manufactured by Keystone Machine Co. of Williamsport; that firm relocated to Goshen, Va., in 1891, but quickly went under.
126,634 May. 14, 1872 Improvement in machines for heading pickets George S. Snyder Williamsport, PA
    Improvement in machines for heading pickets Henry F. Snyder Williamsport, PA  
    Improvement in machines for heading pickets Henry D. Heiser Williamsport, PA  
175,578 Apr. 04, 1876 Improvement in shingle-machines Henry F. Snyder Williamsport, PA This patent offers improvements to S. J. Parker's patent 38,329.
    Improvement in shingle-machines Jesse D. Snyder Williamsport, PA  
240,048 Apr. 12, 1881 Machine for sawing shingles Henry F. Snyder Williamsport, PA