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US Patent: 404,016
Nut Cracker
Patentee:
Henry M. Quackenbush (exact or similar names) - Herkimer, NY

USPTO Classifications:
30/120.4, 99/581

Tool Categories:
household : nutcrackers

Assignees:
None

Manufacturer:
H. M. Quackenbush - Herkimer, NY

Witnesses:
John Kershaw
Chas. H. Burrill
Horace A. Dodge
Sidney P. Hollingsworth

Patent Dates:
Applied: Nov. 19, 1888
Granted: May 28, 1889

Patent Pictures: [ 1 | 2 ]
Henry Marcus Quackenbush patent May 28, 1889
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"Vintage Machinery" entry for H. M. Quackenbush
Description:
Cylindrical levers with gripping surfaces which pivot from a common connector. The structure reduces risk of pinching fingers during the process of cracking nuts.

Aug. 10, 1909 patent no. 930,796 adds a revised link structure including a spring to help open the handles, as reflected in the 2nd image shown here.

Quackenbush is listed as a manufacturer of nut picks, nut crackers, air rifles, treadle lathes, etc. in the 1899 "Seeger & Guernsey's Cyclopedia of the Manufactures and Products of the United States." A local history notes he started his manufacturing business in 1871.

Quackenbush nut cracker / nut pick sets bearing a HMQ trade mark were still marketed in the late 20th Century.

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