US Patent: 55,570
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| Improved machine for sandpapering wood-work
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Patentee:
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| Joseph H. Wonderly (exact or similar names) - Williamsport, PA |
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Patent Dates:
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| Granted: |
Jun. 12, 1866 |
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Jeff Joslin
Vintage Machinery entry for American Wood Working Machinery Co.
Vintage Machinery entry for A. T. Nichols
Vintage Machinery entry for Rowley & Hermance Co.
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Description: |
| This type of sander—known as a column sander, elbow sander, table sander, or bracket arm arm sander—is used to flatten and smooth doors and window sash.The inventor was operating a sawmill, Potter & Co., until 1869 when the senior partner died and the business was dissolved. He then moved to Grand Rapids where he operated a sawmill there and then in 1879 he established the Kent Furniture Mfg. Co. The 1880 Rowley & Hermance catalog shows the "Williamsport Sand-papering Machine" on page 36, and the illustration matches this machine in overall layout, though not in any details. It is likely that Rowley & Hermance inherited this machine from a predecessor firm, A. T. Nichols, who had financial ties with inventor Joseph Wonderly. The successor to Rowley & Hermance, the American Wood Working Machinery Co., continued to manufacture this evening, and touted it as the "Improved Nichols Patent Sand Papering Machine", although the patent was expired by that time and so American is not listed as a manufacturer on this patent. |
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