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Manufacturers Index - W. H. Banfield & Sons; Edwin J. Banfield

W. H. Banfield & Sons; Edwin J. Banfield
Toronto, ON, Canada
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
901 Mar. 30, 1871 Improvements in machines or devices for attachment to bottles for securing the corks Edwin James Banfield QC, Canada The inventor is described as a "mast and spar maker", and his invention was "The Dominion Cork Retainer". The inventor was perhaps a brother of W. H. Banfield, who moved from Quebec City to Toronto to manufacture metalworking machinery, W. H. Banfield & Sons.
54,364 Dec. 16, 1896 Grinding machine Horace Stephen Buckland Fremont, OH
168,023 Mar. 07, 1916 Shell making machinery Edward J. Banfield ON, Canada The inventor was one of the "Sons" in W. H. Banfield & Sons, who did an enormous business making both shells and shell-making machinery during the Great War.
181,459 Jan. 01, 1918 Central tubes for shrapnel shells William Irwin Banfield ON, Canada The inventor was one of the "Sons" in W. H. Banfield & Sons, who did an enormous business making both shells and shell-making machinery during the Great War.
186,201 Aug. 27, 1918 Shell fuse hole shipping plug William Irwin Banfield ON, Canada The inventor was one of the "Sons" in W. H. Banfield & Sons, who did an enormous business making both shells and shell-making machinery during the Great War.
224,694 Oct. 10, 1922 Manufacture of piston rings William H. Banfield ON, Canada W. H. Banfield & Sons was the Canadian manufacturer of piston rings for McQuay-Norris Mfg. Co. of St. Louis, MO.
257,304 Jan. 19, 1926 Electric switch box William Irwin Banfield ON, Canada The inventor was one of the "Sons" in W. H. Banfield & Sons. "The principal objects of this invention are to facilitate the locating and securing of switch boxes in a building and to provide means for securing the laths in position around the box. The principal features of the invention consist in securing to a switch box a rigid metal strip and providing said strip with means for locating the box in position and means for securing it permanently."