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Manufacturers Index - Berry & Orton Co.

Berry & Orton Co.
Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
78,992 Jun. 16, 1868 Improvement in hangers for shafting Gerrit V. Orton Cincinnati, OH The inventor was employed at J. A. Fay & Co. at the time but it is not known if they used this patent. It is interesting as well because it contains the names of both G. V. Orton and L. O. Orton. Gerrit Van Zandt Orton was born in Hamilton, Ohio in 1834. His younger brother, Lyman Osgood Orton, was born in Eaton, NY in 1839. Gerrit definitely worked for J. A. Fay & Co., and Lyman most likely did. By the mid-1880s, Gerrit, who seems to have moved around a fair bit, was perhaps in San Francisco where a Gerrit V. Orton worked for Williams & Orton (the titular Orton was Collins K. Orton, whose father was Gerrit Van Zandt Orton, and it seems quite plausible that Collins K. Orton's father is one and the same as the inventor of this current patent and also the Gerrit V. Orton who worked for Williams & Orton in 1899). In the early 1870s Lyman moved to Philadelphia where he joined the firm of Richards, London & Kelley, operators of The Atlantic Works. In July of 1877, Lyman became a full partner and the company name changed to London, Berry & Orton, and then, in 1888, Berry & Orton.
104,770 Jun. 28, 1870 Improvement in band-sawing machines 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).
    Improvement in band-sawing machines William H. Thorne Philadelphia, PA  
114,043 Apr. 25, 1871 Improvement in saw-mills 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"
264,959 Sep. 26, 1882 Planing-machine Lucien H. Berry Philadelphia, PA
    Planing-machine Lyman O. Orton Philadelphia, PA  
280,326 Jun. 26, 1883 Mortising machine Lucien H. Berry Philadelphia, PA
    Mortising machine Lyman O. Orton Philadelphia, PA  
286,630 Oct. 16, 1883 Cutter for planing-machines Lyman Osgood Orton Philadelphia, PA
288,729 Nov. 20, 1883 Table for planing-machines Lyman O. Orton Philadelphia, PA Patent seen in 1893 Berry & Orton catalog: "Hand feed jointing and planing machine."
288,727 Nov. 20, 1883 Saw-guide Lymon O. Orton Philadelphia, PA "My invention consists in the provision, in a band sawing machine, of means for moving the saw in order to avoid contact with the timber while running back or jigging the carriage on which the same is supported."
D. C. Prescott's 1910 monograph, "The Evolution of Modern Band Saw Mills for Sawing Logs", says, "Up to 1888, London, Berry & Orton of the Atlantic Works, Philadelphia, were builders of log Band Mills and enjoyed quite an extensive trade, and some of them found their way into the northwest... The wheels were six feet in diameter with wood rims attached to a metal rim inside of them; the faces were rubber and the saws were six inches wide."
288,728 Nov. 20, 1883 Governor Lyman O. Orton Philadelphia, PA
290,793 Dec. 25, 1883 Cross-tie and fastening for railroad-rails Lyman O. Orton Philadelphia, PA Of interest because inventor Orton was partner in woodworking machinery maker Berry & Orton.
338,434 Mar. 23, 1886 Machine for rolling saws Lyman O. Orton Philadelphia, PA This device was seen in the 1888 catalog of London, Berry & Orton, as their "Patent Saw Stretching Machine" on page 185.
339,576 Apr. 06, 1886 Machine for sharpening saws Lyman O. Orton Philadelphia, PA
346,383 Jul. 27, 1886 Saw-mill Lymon O. Orton Philadelphia, PA
374,313 Dec. 06, 1887 Planing-machine Abram McHenry Elmira, NY Patent seen on "Four-roll inside moulder, planer and matcher" in an 1893 Berry & Orton Co. catalog.
388,169 Aug. 21, 1888 Planing-machine John R. Thomas Boston, MA Patent seen on "Four-roll inside moulder, planer and matcher" in an 1893 Berry & Orton Co. catalog.
    Planing-machine Solomon A. Woods Boston, MA  
397,575 Feb. 12, 1889 Planing machine John R. Thomas Boston, MA Patent seen on "Four-roll inside moulder, planer and matcher" in an 1893 Berry & Orton Co. catalog.
    Planing machine Solomon A. Woods Boston, MA  
418,345 Dec. 31, 1889 Planing machine John R. Thomas Boston, MA Patent seen on "Four-roll inside moulder, planer and matcher" in an 1893 Berry & Orton Co. catalog.
    Planing machine Solomon A. Woods Boston, MA  
453,539 Jun. 02, 1891 Machine for mortising wood Lucien Henry Berry Philadelphia, PA The patent attorney was John Richards, formerly of Richards, London, & Kelly, a firm succeeded (indirectly) by Berry & Orton.
This is an early design for a hollow chisel mortiser. Like the early Greenlee designs, this is a horizontal mortiser.
    Machine for mortising wood Lyman Osgood Orton Philadelphia, PA  
530,715 Dec. 11, 1894 Lubricator Lyman O. Orton Mishawaka, IN Inventor Orton had been a partner in the Philadelphia woodworking machinery maker Berry & Orton.