US Patent: 408,760 - Log lifting and turning machine


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US Patent: 408,760

Log lifting and turning machine

Patentee:

Flavel Simonson (exact or similar names) - Batesville, AR

USPTO Classifications:

83/710

Tool Categories:

woodworking machines : sawmills : sawmill accessories

woodworking machines : woodworking machine parts or accessories : woodworking machine material handling

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

James P. Gay

P. F. Teter

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Dec. 17, 1888
Granted:	Aug. 13, 1889

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Vintage Machinery entry for Chamberlain Mfg. Co.

Description:

This is the well-known Simonson log turner that became very popular in the North-west to handle large-diameter logs. Chamberlain Mfg. Co., of Milwaukee, manufactured this invention under the original patent, and several companies were making them after the patents expired, including Allis-Chalmers, Giddings & Lewis, and Clark Brothers Co. The later patents, the consecutively numbered 448,588, 448,589, 448,590, 448,591, 448,592, and 448,593, refine this original design, which was fairly crude.