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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
2,270,495 Jan. 20, 1942 Pruning implement Henri B. Bernay Charlotte, NC This pruning implement, an improvement to patent 2,184,332, was manufactured by woodworking machinery maker R. H. Bouligny, Inc. of Charlotte.
2,456,217 Dec. 14, 1948 Sanding machine Linville L. Rothrock Thomasville, NC "This invention relates to a sanding machine and more especially to a sanding machine capable of sanding uneven surfaces such as moldings, corrugated strips of material, and in fact, any type of material having an uneven surface and which has heretofore been very difficult to sand or polish the surface thereof.
It is an object of this invention to provide a machine equipped with an elongated endless belt of flexible abrasive material and having a guide way disposed below the belt for guiding a strip of material with pressure means for pressing the belt during its rotation into engagement with the surface to be sanded together with feeding means for feeding members beneath the belt to be sanded in a continuous operation."
2,678,522 May. 18, 1954 Sanding machine Stephen Philibosian Charlotte, NC This patent number is reported on a "Molsander" sanding machine—a truly enormous machine, also carrying patent 2,456,217. That machine gives the maker name as "The Bouligny Co."
    Sanding machine Oliver R. Rowe Charlotte, NC  
    Sanding machine William J. Stolp Charlotte, NC  
2,717,422 Sep. 13, 1955 Method and means for forming sanding blocks Oliver R. Rowe Charlotte, NC
    Method and means for forming sanding blocks William J. Stolp Rochester, NY