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thus laid over a straight edge. The knives are fixed radially to a rotating disk, and shear past the straight-edge, severing the hairs with nearness to the skin determined by the set of the machine. Williams, 1832, has a frame with a series of parallel knife-edges presented upwardly. Over them is a block carrying an oblique knife which makes a shear cut upon the fixed knives in succession. Flint's fur-cutting knife, 1837, has an edge on one jaw and a cushion on the other. See also Harlow's patent for cutting bristles, 1868. 2. A mechanical contrivance for shaving the backs of peltry skins, to loosen the long, deeply rooted hairs, leaving the fine fur undisturbed. Fur-dress′ing. Fur, in its usual trade acceptation, is the short, fine hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin and deprived of the long, coarse, protecting hairs. Furs are dressed by greasing and tramping, or by beating in a fulling-mill, the skin being softened by the absorption of grease a
4,982Smith et al.Nov. 8, 1864. 45,059MackNov. 15, 1864. 45,528SmithDec. 20, 1864. 49,023ZuckermanJuly 25, 1865. 52,847HarlowFeb. 27, 1866. 56,805SchwalbachJuly 31, 1866. 58,366AndrewsOct. 2, 1866. 60,433SingerDec. 11, 1866. 61,270SingerJan. 10. 105,123PepperJuly 5, 1870. 106,032CoonAug. 2, 1870. 106,249BennorAug. 9, 1870. 106,307BarnesAug. 16, 1870. 107,041HarlowSept. 6, 1870. 108,020HarperOct. 4, 1870. 109,828MacaulayDec. 6, 1870. 111,359MackJan. 31, 1871. 111,452HigginsJan. 31t al1871 Reissued.45,703.Davis1865116,216.Pratt1871 45,821.Emery1865116,885.Tally et al1871 46,226Emery1865117,774.Harlow1871 Reissued.52,293Kennedy1866118,417.Wyatt1871 53,777.Davis1866119,019Evans1871 Reissued.59,089.Smith1866122,852.Priest et al1872 59,103.Washburn et al1866123,508.Pratt1872 65,077.Harlow et al1867125,809.Grout1872 65,130.Spelman1867125,911.Smith et al1872 66,966.Jenkins1867135,293.Smith1873 69,541.Clark et al1867136,903.Harrison1873 70,861.Kingsley186