A History of Tufted Rugs

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Ebenezer Ross, "Turfing Implement" (US463548A)

Ebenezer Ross, "Turfing Implement" (US463548A)

Patent · checked at the source

Made by
Ebenezer Ross
Date
patented 17 Nov 1891
Collection
TTW Script Bank fact-check notes (Claude research, Aug 2026)
Number
US463548A
Themes
Hand-tufting tools & the gun, Tools & equipment
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Ebenezer Ross, “Turfing Implement” (US463548A), patented 17 Nov 1891. patents.google.com/patent/US463548A/en.

Research notes

Checked against the USPTO document: E. Ross, "Turfing Implement", No. 463,548, patented November 17, 1891. The drawing shows a two-handled needle-and-gauge tool of the same form as the Susan Burr. "Turfing" is the patent's own word. Expired 1908; cited in 1948 by Shaycraft (US2442906A). Filed 15 July 1891 by Ebenezer Ross of Toledo, Ohio, as an improvement on his own US251381 ("Embroidery Machine", 1881).