Berry & Orton Co. - Assigned Patents

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Berry & Orton Co.
Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number	Date	Title	Name	City	Description
78,992	Jun. 16, 1868	Improvement in hangers for shafting	Gerrit V. Orton	Cincinnati, OH	The inventor was employed at J. A. Fay & Co. at the time but it is not known if they used this patent. It is interesting as well because it contains the names of both G. V. Orton and L. O. Orton. Gerrit Van Zandt Orton was born in Hamilton, Ohio in 1834. His younger brother, Lyman Osgood Orton, was born in Eaton, NY in 1839. Gerrit definitely worked for J. A. Fay & Co., and Lyman most likely did. By the mid-1880s, Gerrit, who seems to have moved around a fair bit, was perhaps in San Francisco where a Gerrit V. Orton worked for Williams & Orton (the titular Orton was Collins K. Orton, whose father was Gerrit Van Zandt Orton, and it seems quite plausible that Collins K. Orton's father is one and the same as the inventor of this current patent and also the Gerrit V. Orton who worked for Williams & Orton in 1899). In the early 1870s Lyman moved to Philadelphia where he joined the firm of Richards, London & Kelley, operators of The Atlantic Works. In July of 1877, Lyman became a full partner and the company name changed to London, Berry & Orton, and then, in 1888, Berry & Orton.
104,770	Jun. 28, 1870	Improvement in band-sawing machines	John Richards	Philadelphia, PA	This machine is very similar to that in patent 114,043. A bandsaw with this patent date is labeled "The Berry & Orton Company / Atlantic Works / Philadelphia USA". Another example, shown in the VintageMachinery.org Photo Index, is labeled "London Berry & Orton / The Atlantic Works / Philadelphia USA", plus the patent dates June 7 1870 (4,145), June 28 1870, April 25 1871 (114,043), and May 9 1871 (114,710).
		Improvement in band-sawing machines	William H. Thorne	Philadelphia, PA
114,043	Apr. 25, 1871	Improvement in saw-mills	John Richards	Philadelphia, PA	The machine appears to be a refinement of that in patent 104,770. A bandsaw with this patent date is labeled "The Berry & Orton Company / Atlantic Works / Philadelphia USA"
264,959	Sep. 26, 1882	Planing-machine	Lucien H. Berry	Philadelphia, PA
		Planing-machine	Lyman O. Orton	Philadelphia, PA
280,326	Jun. 26, 1883	Mortising machine	Lucien H. Berry	Philadelphia, PA
		Mortising machine	Lyman O. Orton	Philadelphia, PA
286,630	Oct. 16, 1883	Cutter for planing-machines	Lyman Osgood Orton	Philadelphia, PA
288,729	Nov. 20, 1883	Table for planing-machines	Lyman O. Orton	Philadelphia, PA	Patent seen in 1893 Berry & Orton catalog: "Hand feed jointing and planing machine."
288,727	Nov. 20, 1883	Saw-guide	Lymon O. Orton	Philadelphia, PA	"My invention consists in the provision, in a band sawing machine, of means for moving the saw in order to avoid contact with the timber while running back or jigging the carriage on which the same is supported." D. C. Prescott's 1910 monograph, "The Evolution of Modern Band Saw Mills for Sawing Logs", says, "Up to 1888, London, Berry & Orton of the Atlantic Works, Philadelphia, were builders of log Band Mills and enjoyed quite an extensive trade, and some of them found their way into the northwest... The wheels were six feet in diameter with wood rims attached to a metal rim inside of them; the faces were rubber and the saws were six inches wide."
288,728	Nov. 20, 1883	Governor	Lyman O. Orton	Philadelphia, PA
290,793	Dec. 25, 1883	Cross-tie and fastening for railroad-rails	Lyman O. Orton	Philadelphia, PA	Of interest because inventor Orton was partner in woodworking machinery maker Berry & Orton.
338,434	Mar. 23, 1886	Machine for rolling saws	Lyman O. Orton	Philadelphia, PA	This device was seen in the 1888 catalog of London, Berry & Orton, as their "Patent Saw Stretching Machine" on page 185.
339,576	Apr. 06, 1886	Machine for sharpening saws	Lyman O. Orton	Philadelphia, PA
346,383	Jul. 27, 1886	Saw-mill	Lymon O. Orton	Philadelphia, PA
374,313	Dec. 06, 1887	Planing-machine	Abram McHenry	Elmira, NY	Patent seen on "Four-roll inside moulder, planer and matcher" in an 1893 Berry & Orton Co. catalog.
388,169	Aug. 21, 1888	Planing-machine	John R. Thomas	Boston, MA	Patent seen on "Four-roll inside moulder, planer and matcher" in an 1893 Berry & Orton Co. catalog.
		Planing-machine	Solomon A. Woods	Boston, MA
397,575	Feb. 12, 1889	Planing machine	John R. Thomas	Boston, MA	Patent seen on "Four-roll inside moulder, planer and matcher" in an 1893 Berry & Orton Co. catalog.
		Planing machine	Solomon A. Woods	Boston, MA
418,345	Dec. 31, 1889	Planing machine	John R. Thomas	Boston, MA	Patent seen on "Four-roll inside moulder, planer and matcher" in an 1893 Berry & Orton Co. catalog.
		Planing machine	Solomon A. Woods	Boston, MA
453,539	Jun. 02, 1891	Machine for mortising wood	Lucien Henry Berry	Philadelphia, PA	The patent attorney was John Richards, formerly of Richards, London, & Kelly, a firm succeeded (indirectly) by Berry & Orton. This is an early design for a hollow chisel mortiser. Like the early Greenlee designs, this is a horizontal mortiser.
		Machine for mortising wood	Lyman Osgood Orton	Philadelphia, PA
530,715	Dec. 11, 1894	Lubricator	Lyman O. Orton	Mishawaka, IN	Inventor Orton had been a partner in the Philadelphia woodworking machinery maker Berry & Orton.