US Patent: 5,575
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| Machinery for making moldings
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Patentee:
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| Alfred T. Serrell (exact or similar names) - New York, NY |
| Manufacturer: |
| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Granted: |
May 16, 1848 |
| Reissue Information: |
| Reissued as RE187 (Jan. 07, 1851) |
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Jeff Joslin
Vintage Machinery entry for Alfred T. Serrell
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Description: |
| Extended 1862-05-20. The inventor was a New York cabinet-maker. Since the patent was extended it must have been used.An ad in the 1853-54 Williams' Cincinnati Directory for J. B. Holmes, maker of "wood mouldings of any desired style" touts their "New York Moulding Planing Mill, Patented 1848". This patent is the only viable candidate for that patented moulding machine. The inventor was himself a manufacturer of wood moldings, with two warehouses and showrooms in New York City. This patent was reissued and then, after the threat of a lawsuit from the Woodworth planer cartel, was reissued again where any conflict with the Woodworth patent was disclaimed.The publication specification contains an unusual disclaimer that indicates that John Lawrence has been assigned, for six years from 1849-09-01, the rights to this patent in "that part of the city of New York lying east on a line commencing at the south end of Whitehall street, thence proceeding northwardly up the middle of said street to ins intersection into Broadway, up the middle of Broadway to the intersection with Chatham street, up the middle of of Chatham street to the intersection with the Bowery and by the railroad and Union Square to the middle of the Fourth avenue, and up the middle of Fourth avenue to the northerly termination thereof". |
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