US Patent: 120,993 
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Improvement in mortising-machines Rail-car mortiser
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	        Patentees:
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 | Edward Myers (exact or similar names) - Cincinnati, OH |  
| Samuel R. Smith (exact or similar names) - Cincinnati, OH |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Granted: | 
Nov. 14, 1871 | 
 
 
 
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                        Jeff Joslin American Artisan article on this invention Vintage Machinery entry for Lane & Bodley 
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        Description: |  
| The 1871-11-08 American Artisan had an illustrated article on this rail-car mortiser; see link. The mortiser provides a conventional powered auger built into a solid-chisel mortising machine. |  
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