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Manufacturers Index - Nelson Barlow

Nelson Barlow
St. Louis, MO; New York, NY; Newark, NJ., U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
4,983 Feb. 27, 1847 Machine for planing, tonguing and grooving 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.
    Machine for planing, tonguing and grooving Nelson Barlow St. Louis, MO  
    Machine for planing, tonguing and grooving Joseph Powell St. Louis, MO  
7,557 Aug. 13, 1850 Friction-clutch Nelson Barlow St. Louis, MO
8,125 May. 27, 1851 Planing-machine Nelson Barlow St. Louis, MO
RE210 Mar. 09, 1852 Planer matcher Edward Holden St. Louis, MO
    Planer matcher Nelson Barlow St. Louis, MO  
    Planer matcher Joseph Powell St. Louis, MO  
12,664 Apr. 10, 1855 Saw-tooth Nelson Barlow Newark, NJ
13,345 Jul. 31, 1855 Method of feeding planks to planing-machines Nelson Barlow Newark, NJ
21,935 Nov. 02, 1858 Saw-gummer Nelson Barlow New York, NY