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Key to Links for Patent Information
USPTO = U.S. Patent Office .
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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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1,713
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Oct. 22, 1872
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Bolt cutting machine
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Walter H. Laurie |
QC, Canada |
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6,667
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Oct. 19, 1876
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Improvements in water engines and pumps
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George Wells |
QC, Canada |
"This invention has reference to improvements n engines in which a pressure of water is the moving power instead of steam as in the steam engine; and my invention enables the water to act upon the piston or pistons of the engine with a very small amount of friction, and it is arranged to work without back pressure." |
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7,072
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Feb. 13, 1877
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Apparatus for cleaning and polishing boots and shoes
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David H. Laurie |
QC, Canada |
Of interest because co-inventor John Laurie co-owned John Laurie & Bro., a foundry and machine shop that made steam engines. Invention claims "A rotary brush or brushes mounted on a spindle driven by any motive power, for the purpose of cleaning, blackening, brushing and polishing boots..." |
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Apparatus for cleaning and polishing boots and shoes
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John Laurie |
QC, Canada |
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13,570
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Oct. 19, 1881
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Improvements in water engines
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George Wells |
QC, Canada |
The inventor described himself as an engineer. This patent contains improvements to the inventor's patent 6,667, to adapt that engine "for hoisting purposes, and it is arranged so that the spent water may be used as a brake to lower by". |