| US Patent: 1,527,785 
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 | Ray L. Carter (exact or similar names) - Syracuse, NY |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Granted: | Feb. 24, 1925 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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 Vintage Machinery entry for R. L. Carter, Co., Inc.
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 Vintage Machinery entry for Mall Tool Co.
 
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| Description: |  | Ray L. Carter invented the router when he modified an electric tool for barbers. His business was acquired by the Stanley Works in the early 1930s, and subsequently operated as the R. L. Carter Division. This patent number—along with patent 1,658,185—was seen on a Model SPN power planer from Mall Tool Co., and called the "Electric Mall Plane". |  |