US Patent: 22,400
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Machine for turning tapering twists on wood
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Patentee:
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Reuben Kidder Huntoon (exact or similar names) - Concord, NH |
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Patent Dates:
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Dec. 21, 1858 |
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Jeff Joslin Vintage Machinery entry for R. K. Huntoon
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Description: |
This carving machine was used to make serpentine balusters, bed-posts and the like. It won a large Silver Medal at the 1855 Fair of the American Institute but the inventor, R. K. Huntoon, did not have the financial resources to make a success of it. Co-assignee J. B. Rand was a machinist and piano-forte manufacturer, who we suspect asked Huntoon to develop this machine for his piano-making business. By 1868 Rand was making and selling this machine although we have found only a single mention of this fact so Rand likely did not make much money on it either. |
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