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USPTO's for finding information on machinery patents.
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188,580
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Mar. 20, 1877
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Improvement in wood-polishing machines
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Almon Bridgman |
Berlin, WI |
This patent is especially notable because it heralds the beginning of what eventually became P. B. Yates Machine Co., which was one of the largest woodworking machinery makers in the world. |
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Improvement in wood-polishing machines
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James Lyman Perry |
Berlin, WI |
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209,648
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Nov. 05, 1878
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Improvement in sandpapering-machines
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Almon Bridgman |
Berlin, WI |
This is a drum sander that oscillates along its axis. |
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226,273
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Apr. 06, 1880
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Wood-polishing machines
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Almon Bridgman |
Berlin, WI |
An etching of this catalog can be seen in a 1909 MacGregor, Gourlay Co. catalog (a woodworking machinery maker in Galt, Ontario). The base of the machine is marked, "THE BOSS WOOD POLISHER... MFG'D BY PERRY & CO. BERLIN WIS... PAT MAR 20 187? NOV 5 1878 APR 1880 APR 1881". The text for the catalog page notes that the machine is manufactured by MacGregor, Gourlay, "off patterns new and entirely remodelled." We have not listed this Canadian company as a maker of this patent because the patents had expired by that time. |
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Wood-polishing machines
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James L. Perry |
Berlin, WI |
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273,304
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Mar. 06, 1883
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Abrading cutter-head
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James L. Perry |
Berlin, WI |
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