US Patent: 161,995 - Improvement in planing-machines


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US Patent: 161,995

Improvement in planing-machines

Patentee:

Daniel L. Toppan (exact or similar names) - Somerville, MA

USPTO Classifications:

144/117.1, 144/122

Tool Categories:

woodworking machines : cutter head machines : wood planers

Assignees:

Daniel L. Toppan - Somerville, MA

David C. Meloon - Somerville, MA

Hopkins H. Meloon - East Cambridge, MA

Gardner B. Chapin - Medford, MA

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

P. E. Teschemacher

N. W. Stearns

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Feb. 23, 1875
Granted:	Apr. 13, 1875

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Description:

This invention is aimed at the problem of planing knotty and cross-grained lumber, and the approach is to move the cutter-shaft laterally as it rotates so as to create a slicing motion.