Manufacturers Index - Charles R. Tompkins
Charles R. Tompkins
Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class:
Wood Working Machinery
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30,178
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Sep. 25, 1860
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Stave machine
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Charles R. Tompkins |
Rochester, NY |
Co-inventor Tompkins later operated a firm under his own name from 1867 and perhaps earlier. |
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Stave machine
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John T. Johnson |
Buffalo, NY |
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Stave machine
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Samuel F. Gelston |
Buffalo, NY |
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46,508
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Feb. 21, 1865
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Improvement in machines for cutting barrel-heads
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Charles R. Tompkins |
Rochester, NY |
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64,308
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Apr. 30, 1867
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Improvement in tenoning cutter-heads
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James S. Graham |
Rochester, NY |
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64,724
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May. 14, 1867
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Improvement in steps for upright shafts
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Charles R. Tompkins |
Rochester, NY |
Invention is a vertical shaft with an oil reservoir inside it that provides lubrication when the shaft spins. The inventor operated under his own name, and then as the Rochester Wood Tool Manufactory. In 1870, that company had between 50 and 60 employees. |
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70,051
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Oct. 22, 1867
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Improvement in mortising-machines
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Charles R. Tompkins |
Rochester, NY |
"This invention relates to that class of mortising machines having an automatically reversing chisel-stock; and it nature consists in the employment of such an arrangement of devices as will cause the chisel-stock to retain a fixed position upon its axis until the chisel is entirely withdrawn from the timber, when it will be reversed by the extreme downward movement of the table." |
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71,341
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Nov. 26, 1867
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Improvement in adjusting cutter-heads to planing-machines
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Charles R. Tompkins |
Rochester, NY |
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77,129
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Apr. 21, 1868
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Improvement in sawmills
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Charles R. Tompkins |
Rochester, NY |
Invention is a circular ripsaw with four big vertical stock-feed rollers, plus the gearing to drive the rollers.
Co-inventor Charles R. Tompkins was a notable maker of woodworking machinery; he operated both under his own name, and under the name Rochester Wood Tool Manufactory. In 1889 he wrote a book, "History of the Planing Mill." |
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Improvement in sawmills
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John Wright |
Rochester, NY |
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94,255
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Aug. 31, 1869
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Improvement in hanging circular saws
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Charles R. Tompkins |
Rochester, NY |
Invention is a swing saw. |
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129,193
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Jul. 16, 1872
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Improvement in sawing-machines
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Charles R. Tompkins |
Rochester, NY |
Invention is a machine for resawing lumber using a very thin circular sawblade. A large, ventilated arbor flange is combined with an aggressive splitter. |
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164,666
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Jun. 22, 1875
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Improvement in planing-machines
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Charles R. Tompkins |
Rochester, NY |
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259,947
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Jun. 20, 1882
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Turbine water-wheel
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Charles R. Tompkins |
Rochester, NY |
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