US Patent: 456,983
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| Punch
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Patentee:
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| Luther O. Crocker (exact or similar names) - Braintree, MA |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Apr. 21, 1891 |
| Granted: |
Aug. 04, 1891 |
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Patent Pictures:
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Luther O. Crocker patent Aug. 4, 1891 |
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Stan Schulz
Luther O. Crocker 1829-1895 (FLICKR)
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Description: |
| Improvement on patent no. 261,138 with a deepened slot for the ticket edge, and enlarged throat of that slot to facilitate clearing jammed ticket fragments. (See also Crocker's earlier patent nos. 64,286 and 95,091).
An 1895 HARDWARE article after Crocker's death noted he'd supplied the punch for the first through train on the Union Pacific Railroad, and had designed personal punches for Charles Dickens and Grand Duke Alexis of Russia. |
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