| US Patent: 4,283 
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| Improvement in planing-machines | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Joseph E. Andrews (exact or similar names) - Boston, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Granted: | Nov. 21, 1845 |  
 
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 Vintage Machinery entry for J. M. Farrar
 
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| Description: |  | Machine uses a moving bed and other moving conveyors above the stock.A notice in the 3 September 1859 issue of Scientific American notes that an extension was filed for: "John M. Farrar (administrator of the inventor, Jos. E. Andrews, late of Boston, Mass.): Improvement in Planing-machines. Patented Nov. 21, 1845; hearing Nov. 7, 1859." By the time of the extension application the inventor was deceased; John M. Farrar was the administrator. This extension was granted.The 1860 Trow's New York City Directory carried the following ad: "John M. Farrar, Manufacturer of Planing and Matching Machines, under Andrews' Patent extended, with SINGLE OR DOUBLE CYLINDER. Five sizes, prices from $200 to $750; weight, from 1,200 to 4,700 lbs. This Machine received a Diploma at the U. S. Fair at Chicago, October, 1859. Office, 168 Broadway." |  |