US Patent: 16,454
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| Improved method of feeding lumber laterally in sawing-machines
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Patentee:
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| Samuel R. Smith (exact or similar names) - Florence, MA |
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Patent Dates:
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| Granted: |
Jan. 20, 1857 |
| Reissue Information: |
| Reissued as RE4,409 (May 30, 1871) |
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Jeff Joslin
Vintage Machinery entry for H. Wells & Co.
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Description: |
| The reissue notes that the patent was extended 7 years. The report from the Commissioner of Patents on Smith's application for extension says, in part, "Being unable for want of means to manufacture the head-block he had devised, he made an arrangement with Wells & Co., manufacturers, under which they obtained the exclusive right to manufacture and sell it, for which they paid him $500 and stipulated to furnish all that he called for at cost. Relying upon the latter stipulation and looking to it as a means of obtaining a compensation for his invention, he immediately set about introducing it into the market. He took a journey to the West for that purpose, and continued his efforts with earnestness, giving his whole time to it until his means were exhausted and he was compelled to betake himself to another employment in order to obtain a living. He failed almost entirely in making sales, owing to the causes which so often bring disappointment to the most meritorious inventors in spite of the best diligence." |
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