Looking at a partial list of patents of various Furnace & Boiler Companies and inventors operating in Utica.
More study is required and our listed expanded, and when accomplished a better understanding of the industry, technology, the inventors, and companies will be gained. One can learn, "In 1641, Samuel Winslow was granted the first patent in North America by the Massachusetts General Court for a new process for making salt." [Ref.]
"The world of inventions, patents and credit is a morass not easily navigated, so it is difficult to tell who originated an idea." [Ref.]
"A furnace, referred to as a heater or boiler in British English, is a heating unit used to heat up an entire building. Furnaces are mostly used as a major component of a central heating system. The name derives from Latin word fornax, which means oven." [Ref.]
Issued August 1, 1854
US11414A - Hot-air Furnace
John Carton
Issued May 1, 1860
28,112 - Hot Air Furnace
John Stuber
Issued October 15, 1861
US33474A - Improvement To Parlor Heaters
John Carton
Issued May 13, 1862
US35216A - Hot Air Furnace
John Carton
Issued September 24, 1878
US208223A - Improvement in hot-air furnaces and stoves
John Carton
Issued August 24, 188O
231,559 - Hot Air Furnace
Albert L. Goodenow & William J. Owens
Issued August l5, 1882
262,715 - Steam Heater Or Radiator
Edwin A. Wood, Utica, NY
Issued January 18, 1887
356,392 - Hot Air Furnace
Albert L. Goodenow
Issued May 29, 1888
383,469 - Heating Furnace
Francis Kernan, Jr.
Issued March, 26, 1889
400,097 - Heat Radator For Hot Air, Furnaces
Charles J. Manning
Issued February 4, 1890
420,636 - Furnace
William H. Switzer
Issued April 12, 1892
472,940 - Heating Apparatus
Robert Calder (Rochester, NY), Assigned to Francis T. Giblin
Issued Janaury 11, 1912
1,028,902. - Boiler Grate
John L. Newton, Assignee to Hart & Crouse Company
Issued June 16, 1923
US1567287A - Warm-air furnace
David M Morphy, Assignee to Utica Heater Company
Issued Janaury 3, 1928
1,655,110 - Furnace
Emil Steinhorst, Emil Steinhort & Son Inc
Issued February. 28, 1928
1,660,786 - Sectional furnace
Cowles Henry & James K Norris, Assignee to Utica Heater Company
Issued October 8, 1935
Des. 97,130 - Boiler Or Furnace Jacket
George D. Hauser, Utica, NY. Assignee to Crane Co., Chicago, IL