...Daniel Webster invented a "bull plow" to pull out tree stumps. It didn't catch on because it was huge and required four oxen to pull it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5033726 | Apparatus for spreading sheet material An apparatus for rationally spreading a continuous length of different types of sheet material on a surface of a work table comprises a sheet material spreading carriage movable over the work table surface between a sheet material delivery station and a s... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4781366 | Machine for extending rolled cloth The present invention relates to a machine for extending rolled cloth, which is used for unrolling rolled cloth, cutting the unrolled cloth into a fixed length and piling the cut cloth. The machine for extending rolled cloth includes a machine body provid... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4641824 | Cloth spreading apparatus with cutter Endless conveyors (2,3) on opposite sides of a table (1) convey cloth (14) along table (1). Each longitudinal edge of cloth (14) is engaged by a plurality of devices carried by the corresponding conveyor (2,3). These devices may be catches (9) or, prefera... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4589644 | Combination cloth spreading machine and complementary moving knife A machine for spreading and severing cloth from a roll, the machine including an expansible perforated endless belt for conveying the cloth from the roll, a vacuum system for drawing a vacuum through said perforated endless belt, the perforated endless be... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4572495 | Apparatus for laying web material The apparatus comprises a laying carriage which travels over a laying surface to deposit web material on the surface. The web material falls as a suspended web. Behind the suspended and descending web there is at least one pivoting air nozzle which direct... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4380330 | Catcherless cloth spreading machine A cloth spreading machine for accurately spreading layers of cloth upon a cloth supporting surface without a catcher mechanism, including a longitudinally reciprocably movable spreader frame having a vertically movable spreader element, a motor for elevat... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4355794 | Spreading machine cutter box assembly In a spreading machine for laying fabric or other sheet material on a cutting table, a cutter box assembly is provided for cutting off the sheet material at the end of each layer spread. The cutter box assembly includes a housing mounted on the spreading ... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4073206 | Long-handled cutting apparatus for a cloth spreading machine A cutter head mounted upon a cloth spreading machine for longitudinal movement widthwise of the cloth spreading machine for transversely cutting cloth laid upon a cutting table. An elongated handle member is swivelly connected to said cutter head for manu... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4036090 | Fabric spreading carriage for face up, one way operation having fabric clamping cutting assembly A carriage assembly for automatic face up one way spreading of multiple plys of fabric or any other web-like material of a predetermined length, which is automated to operate in a continuous manner in the absence of operator manipulation at the terminatio... | 07/19/1977 |
| 3941366 | Cloth laying carriage for one way operation having cloth clamping cutting box A carriage assembly for automatic face up one way spreading of multiple plys of fabric or any other web-like material of a predetermined length, which is automated to operate in a continuous manner in the absence of operator manipulation at the terminatio... | 03/02/1976 |