| US Patent: 120,993 
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| Improvement in mortising-machines Rail-car mortiser
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| Patentees: |  
 | Edward Myers (exact or similar names) - Cincinnati, OH |  | Samuel R. Smith (exact or similar names) - Cincinnati, OH |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Granted: | Nov. 14, 1871 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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                        Jeff Joslin
 American Artisan article on this invention
 Vintage Machinery entry for Lane & Bodley
 
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| Description: |  | The 1871-11-08 American Artisan had an illustrated article on this rail-car mortiser; see link. The mortiser provides a conventional powered auger built into a solid-chisel mortising machine. |  |