US Patent: 5,516X
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| Machine for Breaking and Cleaning Flax and Hemp
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Patentee:
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| Reuben Medley (exact or similar names) - Bloomfield, Nelson County, KY |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Jun. 11, 1829 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
| Listed in A List of Patents Issued by the United States, from 1790 to 1847, 1847, pgs. 73 & 498.
Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. There are no patent drawings available. This patent is in the database for reference only.
“This machine is intended to operate by horse, or any other suitable power. It has a drum with three beaters, or breakers, formed of strips of wood, defended by plates of iron; after being operated upon by these beaters, the material passes from them between fluted rollers, which meet each other just opposite the edge of the breast beam, upon which the beaters act. Upon the same shaft which carries the drum, and about 2 feet from it, there are lifters which raise a brake, with slats upon its under side, which work between fixed slats below, like the common Dutch brake. Beyond the lifters, knives, about 18 inches long, extend out from the shaft; these knives have dull edges, which work against a spring board, upon which the flax, or hemp, is to be cleaned. The claim is to the whole of that part of the machine which operates in the breaking of the hemp, or flax."
Journal of the Franklin Institute Vol. 6, Sept. 1829 pg. 180
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