US Patent: 60,843 - Improvement in dove-tail machines


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US Patent: 60,843

Improvement in dove-tail machines

Patentee:

Juan S. L. Babbs (exact or similar names) - New Albany, IN

USPTO Classifications:

144/278.1, 144/85

Tool Categories:

woodworking machines : joint making machines : dovetailing machines

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Granted:	Jan. 01, 1867

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Description:

See also Babbs' patent 55,223. Both of Babbs' patents are improvements on Hartwell's patent 41,992.

"The two platforms receive respectively the match sides to be dovetailed. The adjustable clamps may be used with either platform, having screw attachment in each case to the other platform. The gauge teats are adjustable in prominence.

"Claim.—First, the construction and arrangement of the two platforms A A. when applied in combination to the Hartwell patent dovetail machine, or its equivalent, substantially as and for the purposes herein described. Second, the use of the holdfasts or clamps in combination with the adjustable blocks C C, as applied to the combined platforms A A. when arranged and operating as and for the purposes herein described. Third, the use of the four spring check gauges D D D D, in combination with the platforms A A, substantially as arranged and for the purposes as herein described. Fourth, the construction and arrangement of the two graduating gauge teats E E, in combination with the combined platform A A, operating substantially as arranged and for the purposes as herein described."