US Patent: 636,917
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| Automatic milling-machine
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Patentee:
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| Ottmar Mergenthaler (exact or similar names) - Baltimore, MD |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
May 12, 1898 |
| Granted: |
Nov. 14, 1899 |
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Vintage Machinery entry for Ott. Mergenthaler Co.
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Description: |
| This milling machine is adapted to "act upon the two opposite sides of the work in a single operation...it is shown and described herein as employed in connection with the manufacture of matrices for use in linotype-machines..." In short, this machine is specialized for making the brass "matrices" that each have the female image of one letter on its end. |
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