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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
2,272 Sep. 30, 1841 Machine for planing boards and timber of other kinds Hervey Law Wilmington, NC
3,719 Aug. 28, 1844 Machine for cutting match-splints Hervey Law Wilmington, NC
5,792 Sep. 19, 1848 Machine for planing rived staves Hervey Law Wilmington, NC The 1849-01-04 "Farmer and Mechanic" carried an ad for "Law's Newly Invented Stave Dressing and Jointing Machine.—This machine dresses and joints the rived staves of ALL shapes and dimensions, without assorting or waste of stock, finishing them in a beautiful manner, ready for the Truss Hoop, at the rate of 6 to 8 staves per minute. It needs only to be seen to be approved. A machine will be in operation, at Wm. Bardon's, 102 Front Street, Brooklyn, every working day, between 9 and 12 A. M." The 1848-12-09 Scientific American confirms that Law was mkaing the machines: "Mr. Law... has brought on his machines from Wilminton, N. c. and set them in operation in Mr. Burdon's Foundy, No. 100 Front st. Brookyn."
6,309 Apr. 10, 1849 Planing-machine Hervey Law Wilmington, NC
6,443 May. 08, 1849 Machinery for dressing staves Hervey Law Wilmington, NC
15,738 Sep. 16, 1856 Machine for cutting paper Hervey Law New York, NY
42,200 Apr. 05, 1864 Machine for cutting paper Hervey Law Chatham, NJ
83,513 Oct. 27, 1868 Improvement in machines for cutting paper Hervey Law Chatham, NJ This patent is of interest because the inventor was an early innovator of planing machines.
RE5,503 Jul. 29, 1873 Improvement in paper-cutting machines Hervey Law Chatham, NJ
213,579 Mar. 25, 1879 Improvement in shutter-workers Hervey Law Chatham, NJ Of interest because the inventor was in early innovator in planers.
242,660 Jun. 07, 1881 Potato-peeler Hervey Law Chatham, NJ Of interest because the inventor was in early innovator in planers.
RE9,930 Nov. 15, 1881 Potato-peeler Hervey Law Chatham, NJ The inventor was in early innovator in planers.