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Manufacturers Index - Colburn Machine Tool Co.

Colburn Machine Tool Co.
Franklin, PA; Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
277,545 May. 15, 1883 School-desk Henry J. Colburn Toledo, OH
477,737 Jun. 28, 1892 Slotting Machine Leslie H. Colburn Toledo, OH My invention relates to improvements in slotting-machines, which have a vertically operating reciprocating cutter for making the slot. The objects of my invention are, first, to afford facilities for making a perfectly-straight cut in the metal to be operated upon, and this is accomplished by affording improved facilities for supporting the cutter-bar; second, to construct a machine that can be used on articles having a great range in their external diameters, and upon articles such as pulleys and gearing, where their arms and rims are in the way of connecting mechanism for supporting the opposite extremities of the cutter-bar; third, to provide improved mechanism for regulating the length, depth, and taper of the cut to be taken; fourth, to provide a device for radially locating the slot in the bore of the work to be operated upon.

545,153 Aug. 27, 1895 Safe Henry J. Colburn Toledo, OH Of interest because the inventor also manufactured woodworking machinery and machine tools.
"My invention relates to burglar-proof safes, particularly that class which are carried on trains between leading stations and are especially exposed to danger and plunder from train robbers, who, having held up the train and intimidated the guardians of the treasure, gain complete access to the exterior of the safe and all point, rendering it only a question of time to enter the same as it is now generally constructed."
545,154 Aug. 27, 1895 Safe Henry J. Colburn Toledo, OH Of interest because the inventor also manufactured woodworking machinery and machine tools.
"My invention relates to burglar-proof safes, particularly that class which are carried on trains between leading stations and are especially exposed to danger and plunder from train robbers, who, having held up the train and intimidated the guardians of the treasure, gain complete access to the exterior of the safe and all point, rendering it only a question of time to enter the same as it is now generally constructed."
568,429 Sep. 29, 1896 Safe Henry J. Colburn Toledo, OH
576,074 Jan. 26, 1897 Glass-blowing machine Henry J. Colburn Toledo, OH Improvements to Owens' patent 548,588.
    Glass-blowing machine Michael J. Owens Toledo, OH  
584,755 Jun. 15, 1897 Glass-blowing machine Henry J. Colburn Toledo, OH
599,054 Feb. 15, 1898 Machine for Cutting Slots Leslie H. Colburn Toledo, Lucas County, OH My invention relates to an improved machine for cutting slots of various shapes and sizes, principally in articles where the cut must be made internally, such as cutting key-ways in pulley-hubs, forming the teeth of internal gears, and performing other analogous operations and is especially designed as an improvement upon a slotting-machine for which United States Letters Patent were granted to me June 28, 1892, and numbered 477,737. The present invention has for its objects, first, a novel arrangement and construction of the lower guide-bar; second, an improved construction of the upper arm for supporting the cutter-bar; third, an improved method of supporting the back of the cutter-bar and cutter, the table being in any desired angular position and the said support being accurately maintained adjacent to the top surface of the table automatically; fourth, to provide means for accurately centering the work upon the table; fifth, to provide, in combination with other features, mechanism for moving the work to be operated upon in a lateral, transverse, and circular direction; sixth, to provide means for securing an angular adjusting-table in a fixed position with respect to the cutter-bar.
599,551 Feb. 22, 1898 Upright Boring and Turning Machine Leslie H. Colburn Toledo, OH
707,675 Aug. 26, 1902 Circular sawing machine Henry J. Colburn Toledo, OH Inventor was deceased at the time the patent was issued. The administrators of the deceased were Eliza A. Colburn and Irving W. Colburn. Irving was an inventor of electrical dynamos and lamps. In the 1880s he operated I. W. Colburn & Co. of Fitchburg, which by the 1890s was operating as Colburn Electric Mfg. Co.
742,291 Oct. 27, 1903 Upright Tapping and Boring Machine Leslie H. Colburn Franklin, Venango County, PA
748,844 Jan. 05, 1904 Slotting Machine Leslie H. Colburn Franklin, Venango County, PA
755,849 Mar. 29, 1904 Vertical Shaper Leslie H. Colburn Franklin, Venango County, PA
892,107 Jun. 30, 1908 Change Speed Gear George R. Willis Franklin, Venango County, PA
1,017,635 Feb. 13, 1912 Automatic Tripping Device for the Feed Mechanism of Machine Tools Leslie H. Colburn Franklin, Venango County, PA
1,044,990 Nov. 19, 1912 Currency Cutting Machine Leslie H. Cloburn Franklin, Venango County, PA
    Currency Cutting Machine Frederick F. Clarke Franklin, Venango County, PA  
1,068,324 Jul. 22, 1913 Compound Table for Drill Presses Leslie H. Colburn Franklin, Venango County, PA
1,115,659 Nov. 03, 1914 Drill Press Albert A. Geck Franklin, Venango County, PA
1,167,887 Jan. 11, 1916 Drill-press Frederick F. Clarke Franklin, PA This geared drill press is designed so that it can be equipped with gearing only for the speed(s) required, which will reduce costs in a machine intended for manufacturing use.
1,185,060 May. 30, 1916 Spring Counterbalance for the Rams of Boring Mills Frederick F. Clarke Franklin, Venango County, PA
1,185,061 May. 30, 1916 Lubricating System for the Spindle and Table Drive for Vertical Boring and Turning Mills Frederick F. Clarke Franklin, Venango County, PA
1,185,064 May. 30, 1916 Clutch Gearing for Machine Tools Frederick F. Clarke Franklin, Venango County, PA
1,188,043 Jun. 20, 1916 Stop Index System for Boring Mills Frederick F. Clarke Franklin, Venango County, PA
1,262,192 Apr. 09, 1918 Method of Producing Gears Ernest C. Head Franklin, Venango County, PA
1,351,504 Aug. 31, 1920 Center Indicating Device Frederick F. Clarke Franklin, Venango County, PA