Special Report: Oberlin Smith
An inventor, industrialist, and mechanical engineer, Oberlin Smith founded the Ferracute Machine Company, manufacturers of metal working presses for cutting, punching, forming and stamping metal. The holder of 70 patents, he was the consummate tinkerer, who invented or improved die presses, can-making devices, looms, locks, a malted milk mixer, a garage door opener, a device to automatically extract eggs from boiling water at a pre-set cooking time, and even an early predecessor of modern magnetic recording machines.
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