If you find a patent number or patent date by this manufacturer that is not on this
list, please contact the Site Historian.
Key to Links for Patent Information
USPTO = U.S. Patent Office .
Images of the actual patent can be viewed on the U.S. Patent Office web site but
a special TIFF viewer must be installed with your browser in order properly work.
More information on how to configure your computer to view these patents can be
found at TIFF image Viewers
for Patent Images.
DATAMP = Directory of American Tool And
Machinery Patents . A sister site to VintageMachinery.org with information
on patents related to machinery and tools. A much easier user interface than the
USPTO's for finding information on machinery patents.
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20,553
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Jun. 15, 1858
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Feed-motion of shingle machines
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Elbridge Drake |
Gardiner, ME |
Seen on old-paper.com: a 3-page announcement that John Gorman has the sole right to manufacture and sell E. Drake's patent shingle machine in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York. The announcement is dated 1867, and includes a drawing of a new and larger unit.
A genealogical website shows an Elbridge Drake born on 1820-07-03, to parents Warren Drake and Melinda Lothrop, of ME (possibly Albion).
"The Water-power of Maine. Reports of the commissioners and secretary of the Hydrographic survey of 1867" mentions that E. Drake used a dam and water-wheel in Gardiner, doing $10,000 worth of "wood work" business. |
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45,592
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Dec. 27, 1864
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Improvement in shingle machines
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E. Drake |
Gardiner, ME |
Seen on old-paper.com: a 3-page announcement that John Gorman has the sole right to manufacture and sell E. Drake's patent shingle machine in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York. The announcement is dated 1867, and includes a drawing of a new and larger unit. |
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218,620
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Aug. 19, 1879
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Improvement in machines for sawing shingles
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Elbridge Drake |
Gardiner, ME |
Seen on old-paper.com: a 3-page announcement that John Gorman has the sole right to manufacture and sell E. Drake's patent shingle machine in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York. The announcement is dated 1867, and includes a drawing of a new and larger unit. |
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310,190
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Jan. 06, 1885
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Saw-mill dog
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Charles M. Drake |
Gardiner, ME |
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Saw-mill dog
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Elbridge Drake |
Gardiner, ME |
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