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146,808
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Jan. 27, 1874
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Improvement in cotton-presses
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Jules De Beauvais |
New York, NY |
This patent specification spells the inventor's surname "Debeauvais". Subsequent patents rendered it "De Beauvais". Under both these names the inventor manufactured "Hand and Power Presses, Macaroni Machinery, Calendering Machines and Paper Rolls, Tobaaco Cutters, Granulators and Cigarette Machines." An 1876 ad says that he manufactured "All kinds of Presses, Rolls and Special Tools; New Stamping Presses, Pat. Jan'y 27th, 1874..." |
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242,280
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May. 31, 1881
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Machine for cutting card-board
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Jules De Beauvais |
New York, NY |
"In the manufacture of postal and playing cards and the best quality of cards for other purposes each sheet is cut singly, it being first divided lengthwise and then crosswise..."
The inventor received additional patents in the 1880s related to the manufacture of cardboard and egg trays. |