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Manufacturers Index - Pennsylvania Agricultural Works

Pennsylvania Agricultural Works
York, PA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Steam and Gas Engines

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
35,590 Jun. 17, 1862 Improvement in grain-separators William W. Dingee York, PA The firm of W. W. Dingee & Company made A. B. Farquhar a partner in the late 1850s. At about the time this patent was issued the Dingee factory was lost to fire and Farquhar ended up taking over the business which he renamed to the Pennsylvania Agricultural Works. That business incorporated in 1899 as A. B. Farquhar Co., Ltd.
See also patent 38,379.
    Improvement in grain-separators Arthur Briggs Farquhar York, PA  
38,379 May. 05, 1863 Thrashing Machine William W. Dingee York, York County, PA Abstract:
Be it know that we, W. W. Dingee and A. B. Farquhar, of York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the grain-separator patented by Peter Geiser 15 October, 1852, #9,341 and 09 October, 1855, 31,644, an improvement on which was patented by the said W. W. Dingee and A. B. Farquhar 17 June, 1862, #35,590; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed,
Claims:
1. Driving the rake shaft C from the continuation B of line shaft A.
2. Placing the delivery-hopper F of the fan in front of the front axle of the wagon.
3. The combination of the feeder's platform J with wagon brake L.
    Thrashing Machine Arthur Briggs Farquhar York, York County, PA  
298,169 May. 06, 1884 Steering Gear for Traction Engines Albert P. Broomell York, PA
307,265 Oct. 28, 1884 Traction Engine Albert P. Broomell York, PA