US Patent: 320,544 
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| Device for transmitting power
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	        Patentee:
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 | Wallace H. Dodge (exact or similar names) - Mishawaka, IN |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Oct. 27, 1884 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Jun. 23, 1885 | 
 
 
 
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                        Jeff Joslin Vintage Machinery entry for Dodge Mfg. Co. 
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        Description: |  
| Rope-driven transmission of power, intended as a substitute for flat-belt systems; see patent 345,219 for the rope-splice to be used with this system. This rope system was found to be useful in carrying power a greater distance that would be practical for leather belts, such as to an adjacent building or across a road, either above or below the roadway. |  
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