US Patent: 96,718 - Improved belt-tightener


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US Patent: 96,718

Improved belt-tightener

Patentee:

Rufus N. Meriam (exact or similar names) - Worcester, MA

USPTO Classifications:

474/134

Tool Categories:

woodworking machines : woodworking machine mechanisms : woodworking power transmission

woodworking machines : joint making machines : tenoning machines

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

S. F. Bond

H. A. Richardson

Patent Dates:
Granted:	Nov. 09, 1869

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Description:

"This improvement is applicable to all machines where the driven pulley does not maintain a fixed position, but changes the distance from the driving-pulley more or less, and may be adapted to two or more arbors." It was particularly useful on tenoning machines.