Dunkley Company
Revision as of 19:30, 7 July 2015 by Robert Bowdidge (talk | contribs)
| Business |
Manufacturer |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
Oakland |
| Aliases |
Michigan Canning and Machinery Company |
The Dunkley Company was a canning equipment manager started by S. J. Dunkley in Michigan. Dunkley moved his company to Oakland, California in 1915[1].
In 1916, the Dunkley Company sued many California fruit packers for infringing on the company's patents[2]. The company move may have been related to the lawsuit. During the hearings discussing changes to the 1920 Packer's Decree[3], the wholesalers at Tillman and Bendel claimed that Dunkley was actually controlled by the meat packer Swift and Company, and their control existed only to attack independent California canners.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalamazoo, Michigan | - 1915 | Oakland | 1915-1922 |
References
- ↑ Obituary: S. J. Dunkley. February 1923 Western Canner and Packer.
- ↑ Central California Canneries vs. Dunkley Company, No. 3824, United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, August 1921. Dunkley argued the companies were infringing on his patents for peach skin removers, but the canneries responded that he had only done minor improvements to already-known processes.
- ↑ In [Packers' Consent Decree: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Sixty-Seventh Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to Senate Resolution 211, to Investigate Matters Concerning the Consent Decree Entered in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in the Case of the United States of America, Plaintiff, V. Swift & Co. Et Al., Defendants.] U. S. Senate, March 23 and April 21, 1922.