US Patent: 8,457 - Box opener


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US Patent: 8,457

Box opener

Patentee:

George C. Taft (exact or similar names) - Worcester, MA

USPTO Classifications:

254/113

Tool Categories:

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Davis & Blake - Portland, ME

Witnesses:

Wm. Greenleaf

John Gleason

Patent Dates:
Granted:	Oct. 21, 1851

Patent Pictures:

George C. Taft patent October 21, 1851

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Taft Patent "Box Opener" - edited (FLICKR)

Description:

The Sept. 22, 1855 Scientific American has a writeup on this box opener, directing attention to Taft & Gleason at Worcester, Mass.

The Davistown Museum has a picture of this box opener (pg. 83 of Registry of Maine Toolworkers ) on their site. They said that the Directory of American Toolmakers entry for this company misidentifies this as a floor clamp. See the link above, scroll down to pg. 83.