Manufacturers Index - Atlantic Works: Richards, London & Kelley
Atlantic Works: Richards, London & Kelley
Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class:
Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery
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D4,145
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Jun. 07, 1870
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Design for a band-saw frame
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John Richards |
Philadelphia, PA |
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104,770
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Jun. 28, 1870
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Improvement in band-sawing machines
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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). |
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Improvement in band-sawing machines
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William H. Thorne |
Philadelphia, PA |
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113,113
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Mar. 28, 1871
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Improvement in apparatus for transmitting power to machinery
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William H. Thorne |
Philadelphia, PA |
Inventor Thorne was a partner in Richards, Thorne & Co., which established The Atlantic Works in Philadelphia in 1860, and operated it until William S. Kelley bought out Thorne in July of 1870. Interestingly, Kelley is a witness on this patent. After a couple more steps, the owner of The Atlantic Works was London, Berry & Orton; the other witness on this patent was a partner in the latter incarnation.
This invention was used in conjunction with patent 114,229 to create a portable radial drill, used for drilling rivet holes in boiler plates, that was made by Thorne & De Haven. The product was obviously successful as within three years they had 40 employees based primarily on that one product. |
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114,043
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Apr. 25, 1871
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Improvement in saw-mills
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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" |
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114,710
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May. 09, 1871
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Improvement in band sawing-machines
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John Richards |
Philadelphia, PA |
Invention is a method of constructing bandsaw wheels: "its objects being to more effectually guard against the breaking of the saw-blades by securing a greater degree of elasticity than in such wheels as hitherto constructed, and a sufficient strength with much less weight and material." |
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304,827
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Sep. 09, 1884
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Bicycle-saddle
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William S. Kelley |
Smithville, NJ |
The inventor had earlier been a partner in the Philadelphia-based woodworking machinery maker Richards, London & Kelley. At the time this patent was issued, Kelley worked for H. B. Smith Machine Co., which was a well-known maker of woodworking machinery and bicycles. |
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321,932
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Jul. 07, 1885
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Bicycle
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William S. Kelley |
Smithville, NJ |
The inventor had earlier been a partner in the Philadelphia-based woodworking machinery maker Richards, London & Kelley. At the time this patent was issued, Kelley worked for H. B. Smith Machine Co., which was a well-known maker of woodworking machinery and bicycles. |
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358,494
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Mar. 01, 1887
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Manufacture of metal fellies
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Hezekiah B. Smith |
Smithville, NJ |
"Our invention relates, particularly, to the manufacture of those thin elastic externally grooved rims or fellies such as are used in connection with bicycles and similar vehicles."
Kelley had earlier been a partner in the Philadelphia-based woodworking machinery maker Richards, London & Kelley. At the time this patent was issued, Kelley worked for H. B. Smith Machine Co., which was a well-known maker of woodworking machinery and bicycles. |
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Manufacture of metal fellies
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William S. Kelley |
Smithville, NJ |
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362,514
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May. 10, 1887
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Wheel for bicycles
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William S. Kelley |
Smithville, NJ |
The inventor had earlier been a partner in the Philadelphia-based woodworking machinery maker Richards, London & Kelley. At the time this patent was issued, Kelley worked for H. B. Smith Machine Co., which was a well-known maker of woodworking machinery and bicycles. |
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401,968
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Apr. 23, 1889
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Machine for driving mandrels, keys, &c.
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John Richards |
San Francisco, CA |
Of interest because Richards was an important, and itinerant, inventor of woodworking machinery.
"This invention relates to certain improvements in a machine whereby mandrels, keys, and a variety of other similar devices may be driven or forced through the hubs of wheels and pulleys, and in fact through any piece of machinery in the manipulation of which such devices are employed, by a succession of rapid blows delivered on the upper end of the mandrel or key." |
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Machine for driving mandrels, keys, &c.
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John Walker |
Cleveland, OH |
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