| US Patent: 475,440 
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| Perforating, dating, and receipting stamp | 
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| Patentees: |  
 | Benjamin F. Cummins (exact or similar names) - Chicago, IL |  | John Stenwall, Jr. (exact or similar names) - Chicago, IL |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Nov. 09, 1891 |  
| Granted: | May 24, 1892 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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| Description: |  | This patent number was seen on a "No. 2 Perforator" from B. F. Cummins Co. This patent provides improvements to Christian Hill's perforator patents, 409,324 and 433,003. The primary improvement is to allow multiple characters to be punched at once. |  |