US Patent: 128,209 - Improvement in sawing-machines


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US Patent: 128,209

Improvement in sawing-machines

Patentees:

Charles B. Ballard (exact or similar names) - Hartford, VT

Stanley B. Hildreth (exact or similar names) - Harvard, MA

George E. Burt (exact or similar names) - Harvard, MA

USPTO Classifications:

83/425, 83/733

Tool Categories:

woodworking machines : specialty woodworking machines : firewood machines

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Hildreth Brothers - Harvard, MA

Burt, Hildreth & Co. - Harvard, MA

Witnesses:

Ada C. Burt

Edwin A. Hildreth

Patent Dates:
Granted:	Jun. 25, 1872

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Vintage Machinery entry for Hildreth Brothers

Description:

The innovation here is that the log-carrier is not a sliding table but rather swings forward on a pivot. This design is less prone to jamming with debris and wear.

Co-inventor Burt was partners in agricultural equipment maker Burt, Hildreth & Co., and Stanley Hildreth (brother of Edwin A. Hildreth) may have been a junior partner. In 1880 the latter left to form Hildreth Brothers, and Burt continued the original business as "George E. Burt". We do not know if Burt continued to manufacture this sawing machine, but the VintageMachinery.org site has an undated pamphlet advertising the Hildreth Bros.' "Balanced Rocking Saw Table".