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Key to Links for Patent Information
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on patents related to machinery and tools. A much easier user interface than the
USPTO's for finding information on machinery patents.
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15,413
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Jul. 29, 1856
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Planing Metal
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Edwin C. Cleveland |
Worcester, Worcester County, MA |
This patent is of interst because E. C. Cleveland was the "& Co." in the firm of Thayer, Houghton & Co., where Cleveland made machinist's tools. Cleveland (and the firm he was partner in) are almost completely forgotten now.
My invention consists in the employment or use of a friction box connected by gearing with the screw which operates the tool stock. The friction block being provided with adjustable dogs; the above parts being arranged as will be hereinafter described; whereby the tool may be adjusted or fed at varying distances, as desired, at each stroke of the bed according to the nature of the work.
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62,987
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Mar. 19, 1867
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Brush
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John Brown Alden |
Worcester, MA |
Munn & Co.- patent attorneys
This patent is of interst because E. C. Cleveland was the "& Co." in the firm of Thayer, Houghton & Co., where Cleveland made machinist's tools. Cleveland (and the firm he was partner in) are almost completely forgotten now. |
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D3,768
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Nov. 30, 1869
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Design for the Frame of a Carding Machine
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Edwin C. Cleveland |
Worcester, MA |
This patent is of interst because E. C. Cleveland was the "& Co." in the firm of Thayer, Houghton & Co., where Cleveland made machinist's tools. Cleveland (and the firm he was partner in) are almost completely forgotten now. |