US Patent: 219,851 
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| Improvement in journal-boxes
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	        Patentee:
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 | Seth C. Ellis (exact or similar names) - Jersey City, NJ |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Jul. 18, 1879 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Sep. 23, 1879 | 
 
 
 
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                        Jeff Joslin Vintage Machinery entry for Rowley & Hermance Co. Vintage Machinery entry for Seth C. Ellis 
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        Description: |  
| This journal box was an improvement on patent 114,542. These patents have been observed on a Rowley & Hermance "Sweepstakes" planer-matcher and several other machines from the same maker."My present invention embodies two novel features, by which the inclined sliding sections of the cap are adjusted in a better and more convenient manner, and a more uniform and equalized bearing is obtained on the journal..." |  
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