Marshall Burns Lloyd (March 10, 1858 – August 10, 1927) was an

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and

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, best known for inventing the

Lloyd Loom The Lloyd Loom process was patented in 1917 by the American Marshall B. Lloyd, who twisted kraft paper around a metal wire, placed the paper threads on a loom and wove them into what was to become the traditional Lloyd Loom fabric. Lloyd Loom ...

which was used for making a popular style of

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and baby carriages.New York Times:Marshall B. Lloyd, Loom Inventor, Dies; Device to Weave Fiber Brought Him the Title of "Baby Carriage King.";August 11, 1927
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for the production of steel tubing which he sold for $800,000, a substantial amount at the time. Lloyd sold his loom patents for 3 million dollars in the 1920s. Lloyd held about 200 patents.Marshall Burns Lloyd patents
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