| US Patent: 649,504 
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| Turning-lathe | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | John R. Back (exact or similar names) - Worcester, Worcester County, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Feb. 28, 1899 |  
| Granted: | May 15, 1900 |  
 
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| Description: |  | Rufus B. Fowler - patent attorney
My present invention relates to that class of lathes employed for turning metal; and the objects of my invention are to provide means for driving the feed-rod at will either by a belt or a geared connection with the live-spindle and also to provide means for stopping the feeding motion of the cutting-tool at any desired point along the bed of the lathe |  |