US Patent: 386,428
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Hinge-Gage
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Patentee:
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Horace G. Fulton (exact or similar names) - Washington, DC |
USPTO Classifications: |
33/44 |
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Patent Dates:
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Applied: |
Feb. 24, 1888 |
Granted: |
Jul. 17, 1888 |
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Ralph Brendler
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Description: |
The Fulton Patent gage is the first really original butt gage
design since the Marden Patent(125823), and, like Marden's, was
widely copied over the years. As a matter of fact, the basic idea
behind this tool was "borrowed" a few years later by the most
popular butt gage of all times-- the Stanley #95.
The Fulton's Patent gage uses a simple trick to leave the require
gain in the hinge mortise. It has two identical blocks that slide
across each other, each carrying a point. The trick is that one
point is bevelled to the inside, while the other is bevelled to
the outside. This means that the relative distance between the
two points will differ by the thickness of the point.
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