US Patent: 4,983 - Machine for planing, tonguing and grooving


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US Patent: 4,983

Machine for planing, tonguing and grooving

Patentees:

Edward Holden (exact or similar names) - St. Louis, MO

Nelson Barlow (exact or similar names) - St. Louis, MO

Joseph Powell (exact or similar names) - St. Louis, MO

USPTO Classifications:

144/36

Tool Categories:

woodworking machines : cutter head machines : wood planers

woodworking machines : cutter head machines : matchers

Assignees:

Robert G. Eunson - New York, NY

Manufacturer:

Newark Machine Co. (NJ) - Newark, NJ

Myers & Eunson - New York, NY

Witnesses:

Patent Dates:
Granted:	Feb. 27, 1847

Reissue Information:
Reissued as RE210 (Mar. 09, 1852)

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Description:

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.