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B. F. Sturtevant Co.
Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Company Website: http://www.sturtevantfan.com/
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery, Metal Working Machinery & Steam and Gas Engines

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
15,866 Oct. 07, 1856 Pincers for Lasting Boots and Shoes Benjamin F. Sturtevant Skowhegan, ME
17,544 Jun. 09, 1857 Machine for pegging boots and shoes Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA Chandler W. Jones's "Planers, Matchers & Molders in America" says this of Sturtevant: "In 1856, at the age of 23, with 20 cents in his pocket after paying his fare to Boston (from Maine) he successfully sought a backer for his invention. Soon he improved that machine after designing a means to make veneer strips which were fed through his peg-maker. This vastly increased production."
17,998 Aug. 11, 1857 Machine for pegging boots and shoes Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
19,282 Feb. 02, 1858 Method of preparing blanks for shoe-pegs Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
21,593 Sep. 21, 1858 Machine for pegging boots and shoes Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
25,149 Aug. 16, 1859 Blank for Shoe Pegging Machine Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
26,627 Dec. 27, 1859 Lathe attachment for cutting veneers Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA The 1873 "Decisions of the Commissioner of Patents" reports that this patent was granted an extension. The report summarizes the invention thusly: "It is designed to cut sheets thicker than common veneers without crippling or splitting them in the operation. It was well known that a thin sheet could be cut from the periphery of a solid cylinder of wood by circumrasion, or shaved from the surface of a plank, without disturbing the texture of its fibers, and that where the conditions are the same the danger of splitting or breaking is always increased as the thickness of the sheet is increased.
"The applicant wanted to cut sheets thick enough to be used for picture backs and shoe-peg blanks, which none of the existing veneer-cutters would successfully do. The variation he had to make from existing veneer-cutters was apparently slight, taking for comparison the machines of Humphrey (2,834), and Fontainemoreau, patented in England May 25, 1847, upon which the remonstrants mainly rely as anticipating Sturtevant's invention. It was such, however, as to accomplish the result he had in view, which, it is not satisfactorily, was, or could be, accomplished before his invention was made. (Huh?) In every veneer-cutter there is a knife for cutting the sheet, and a guide, or presser-bar, to impinge against the block a little above the knife-edge. In Humphrey's machine the presser-guide is a roller, and in Fontainemoreau's it is a casting with a curvilinear face. The applicant simply beveled the front of his presser-bar, giving it such a shape that, when its working edge was pressed with considerable force against the periphery of the block opposite the cutting-edge of the knife, it would slightly bend the wood fiber upward. Then the knife, instead of wedging and bending the sheet sharply at the cutting-point, would find it already bent on the block, and would simply sever it and compress it at and below the cutting-point, perpendicularly against the lower face or bevel of the fixed presser-bar. ...The experiments made at the hearing, as well as the testimony in the case, plainly establish the truth of this theory of construction and operation, and mark this part of the applicant's invention as distinctive and important.
"The patented invention has been extensively used, the inventor retaining the business in his own hands, and receiving therefrom a large annual income. ... The diligence of the applicant has been exemplary, and his success remarkable. The profit he has derived from this invention is large, even taking it at his own estimate. But nearly doubling it, as the remonstrants do in their estimate, which is not without some reasonable basis, it is unusually large, reaching nearly $130,000. The amount of money however, which an inventor has received for his invention has no relation to the question of granting an extension, except as to its correspondence with the labor and expense incurred by him and the ascertained value of the invention to the public. The mere fact that a great profit has been realized is not a sufficient reason for refusing an extension, if the sum is disproportionate to the public benefits derived from the invention through the labors of the inventor. Although the remuneration of this applicant is admitted by him to have been over $50,000, the advantage of his device to the public has been so many times this amount, that I should not be warranted in holding him adequately remunerated."
35,902 Jul. 15, 1862 Preparation of Shoe Pegs Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
36,037 Jul. 29, 1862 Shell Fuse Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
36,038 Jul. 29, 1862 Shell Fuse Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
36,039 Jul. 29, 1862 Shell Fuse Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
36,116 Aug. 05, 1862 Projectile for rifled ordnance Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
38,768 Jun. 02, 1863 Improvement in manufacture of tooth-picks Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA Similar to machine in patent 26,627.
43,235 Jun. 21, 1864 Boots and Shoes Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
43,236 Jun. 21, 1864 Shoe Sole Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
86,469 Feb. 02, 1869 Improvement in blowers Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA Chandler W. Jones's "Planers, Matchers & Molders in America" says this of Sturtevant: "In 1856, at the age of 23, with 20 cents in his pocket after paying his fare to Boston (from Maine) he successfully sought a backer for his invention. Soon he improved that machine after designing a means to make veneer strips which were fed through his peg-maker. This vastly increased production. By 1860 he had seven or eight men busy all day making shoe pegs, but also producing huge amounts of fine dust at the same time. So, once more he put on his thinking cap, and this time designed an exhaust fan which got rid of the irritating and unhealthful problem.
"The utility of the fan was immediately apparent, and Sturtevant shifted his effort from manufacturing shoe pegs (and the toothpick-making machines he had also developed) to building blowers. This new activity had tremendous demand in all types of ventilating and waste removal situations. No industry needed his product more than the woodworking industry, and no machines in the woodworking industry needed blowers more than the planer-matcher and the molder.
"Thus Sturtevant became the first concern to manufacture fans commercially in the U.S... The Sturtevant Corporation survives to this day as a division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation..."
86,470 Feb. 02, 1869 Improvement in rotary blowers Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA Sturtevant's middle name was 'Franklin'.
87,523 Mar. 02, 1869 Improvement in blower-case Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
89,172 Apr. 20, 1869 Improvement in manufacturing lumber Ebenezer B. Rowe Chicago, IL
92,489 Jul. 13, 1869 Pressure Blower Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
92,490 Jul. 13, 1869 Blast Apparatus Benjamin F. Sturtevant West Roxbury, MA
95,281 Sep. 28, 1869 Hot Air Furnace Benjamin F. Sturtevant Jamaica Plains, MA
95,849 Oct. 12, 1869 Hot Air Furnace Benjamin F. Sturtevant Jamaica Plains, MA
100,211 Feb. 22, 1870 Heating and Ventilating Apparatus Benjamin F. Sturtevant Jamaica Plain, MA
100,212 Feb. 22, 1870 Grain Dryer Benjamin F. Sturtevant Jamaica Plain, MA
100,235 Feb. 22, 1870 Grain Dryer Benjamin F. Sturtevant Jamaica Plain, MA
100,236 Feb. 22, 1870 Pressure Blower Wheel Benjamin F. Sturtevant Jamaica Plain, MA
100,237 Feb. 22, 1870 Fan Blower Benjamin F. Sturtevant Jamaica Plain, MA
100,238 Feb. 22, 1870 Hot Air Blower Benjamin F. Sturtevant Jamaica Plain, MA
100,239 Feb. 22, 1870 Pressure Blower Benjamin F. Sturtevant Jamaica Plain, MA
100,240 Feb. 22, 1870 Air Heater and Steam Condenser Benjamin F. Sturtevant Jamaica Plain, MA
100,241 Feb. 22, 1870 Air Heater and Steam Condenser Benjamin F. Sturtevant Jamaica Plain, MA
100,242 Feb. 22, 1870 Air Heater and Steam Condenser Benjamin F. Sturtevant Jamaica Plain, MA
100,243 Feb. 22, 1870 Method of Uniting Tubes to Tube Sheets Benjamin F. Sturtevant Jamaica Plain, MA
102,062 Apr. 19, 1870 Blower Benjamin F. Sturtevant West Roxbury, MA
102,063 Apr. 19, 1870 Fan Blower Benjamin F. Sturtevant West Roxbury, MA
158,998 Jan. 19, 1875 Improvement in mechanisms for compressing points on pegs Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
158,999 Jan. 19, 1875 Improvement in fastenings for uniting soles to uppers Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
159,284 Feb. 02, 1875 Improvement in mechanisms for compressing points on pegs Francis M. Shaw Brockton, MA
159,287 Feb. 02, 1875 Improvement in machines for forming points on pegs Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
    Improvement in machines for forming points on pegs Francis M. Shaw Brockton, MA  
159,778 Feb. 16, 1875 Improvement in pegs or ribbon peg-wood Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
159,857 Feb. 16, 1875 Improvement in pegging-machines Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
159,775 Feb. 16, 1875 Improvement in pegging-machines Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
159,776 Feb. 16, 1875 Improvement in pegging-machines Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
159,856 Feb. 16, 1875 Improvement in pegging-machines Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
159,858 Feb. 16, 1875 Improvement in pegging-machines Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
159,859 Feb. 16, 1875 Improvement in machines for compressing sole-fastenings Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
159,977 Feb. 16, 1875 Improvement in pegs or sole-fastenings Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
159,777 Feb. 16, 1875 Sole Fastening Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
159,860 Feb. 16, 1875 Ribbon Peg Wood Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
162,969 May. 04, 1875 Improvement in apparatus for preparing sole-fastening material Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
162,887 May. 04, 1875 Pegging Machines Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
    Pegging Machines John E. Bickford Abington, MA  
162,967 May. 04, 1875 Fan Blower Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
162,968 May. 04, 1875 Fan Blower Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
162,970 May. 04, 1875 Sole Fastening Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
162,971 May. 04, 1875 Process for Mfg. Sole Fastenings Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
162,972 May. 04, 1875 Rod for Sole Fastenings Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
166,429 Aug. 03, 1875 Improvement in machines for pointing ribbon peg-wood Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
166,430 Aug. 03, 1875 Improvement in machines for severing sole-fastening webs Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
173,428 Feb. 15, 1876 Pegging Machines for Shoes and Boots Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
    Pegging Machines for Shoes and Boots John E. Bickford Boston, MA  
183,825 Oct. 31, 1876 Portable Steam Fan Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
185,143 Dec. 05, 1876 Holders for Ribbon Peg Wood Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA Improvements to patent 6,300.
185,462 Dec. 19, 1876 Fan Blowers Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
189,881 Apr. 24, 1877 Journal Blowers Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
195,182 Sep. 11, 1877 Exhaust Fans or Blowers Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
196,998 Nov. 13, 1877 Fan Blowers Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
257,530 May. 09, 1882 Steam Slide Valve Benjamin F. Sturtevant Boston, MA
411,476 Sep. 24, 1889 Radiator Benjamin F. Sturtevant Jamaica Plain, MA