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USPTO's for finding information on machinery patents.
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4,983
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Feb. 27, 1847
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Machine for planing, tonguing and grooving
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Edward Holden |
St. Louis, MO |
This machines uses a vertical spindle, face-milling head to pre-size and smooth the lumber before it reached fixed knife boxes. According to Chandler W. Jones's book, "Planers, Matchers and Molders in America", "Investigation has not revealed machines of this type being built, or if they were, they did not become important in the marketplace."
The book, "A History of American Manufactures, from 1608 to 1860, Volume II", by John Leander Bishop et. al., lists this patents as one of the most important patents of 1848. |
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Machine for planing, tonguing and grooving
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Nelson Barlow |
St. Louis, MO |
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Machine for planing, tonguing and grooving
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Joseph Powell |
St. Louis, MO |
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11,258
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Jul. 11, 1854
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Horse-power
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William McCord |
Sing Sing, NY |
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21,640
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Sep. 28, 1858
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Hanger and box for shafting
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Frederic W. Howe |
Newark, NJ |
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