| US Patent: 388,808 
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| Front apron for lathe-carriages | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | John R. Back (exact or similar names) - Worcester, Worcester County, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | May 14, 1888 |  
| Granted: | Sep. 04, 1888 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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                        Joel Havens
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| Description: |  | Rufus B. Fowler, patent attorney
What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:
In the apron of a metal-turning lathe carrying a rotating spindle, having a pinion engaging a fixed rack on the bed of the lathe, whereby the feeding motion of the tool-carriage is effected, the spindle supporting frame consisting of the parallel plates D and N, integrally connected, and having the spindle bearings G and H, substantially as described. |  |