US Patent: 17,111
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| Method of Adjusting and Holding the Knives of Spokeshaves
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Patentee:
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| Manley Packard (exact or similar names) - North Bridgewater, MA |
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Patent Dates:
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| Granted: |
Apr. 21, 1857 |
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Patent Pictures:
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Image (c) and courtesy of Jim Fox |
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Description: |
| Uses a clamp screw and bow spring to keep the blade in place and eliminates the standard placement of clamping screws on each side which reportedly were in the way of workmen.
A known example (image 4) has a printed paper label: Superior Elliptic / Manufactured By Manley Packard / Warranted Cast Steel / North West Bridgewater, Mass / Patented April 21, 1857, No. 4
The number "4" is handwritten in ink on the label.
The overall length of the known example is 9 3/4" and the blade is 2 1/4" long. |
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