| US Patent: 187,946 
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| Sheet-Metal Spinning Machine | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | James E. Wells (exact or similar names) - New Milford, CT |  
 
| USPTO Classifications: |  | 72/83 |  
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Mar. 23, 1875 |  
| Granted: | Feb. 27, 1877 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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| Description: |  | This invention has relation to means for forming metallic blanks into the proper flanged shape for a lid or other article requiring that the edge shall be rolled or turned over at right angles, or at any other angle; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the expanding and contracting sectors or edge-pieces connected with the head over which the rim-flange of the blank is spun; and, in combination therewith, the opposite head, which holds the metallic blank against said sectors or edge-pieces, and the traveling spinning-tool, its holding arms and carriage, and the shafts of the machine to which said parts are connected, as hereinafter shown and described. |  |