US Patent: 37,445
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| Improvement in drop-presses
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Patentee:
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| William Cleveland Hicks (exact or similar names) - Summit, NJ |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Granted: |
Jan. 20, 1863 |
| Reissue Information: |
| Reissued as RE7,788 (Jul. 10, 1877) |
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Jeff Joslin
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Description: |
| "My invention relates to drop-presses or drops used in gun-shops, jewelry-shops, and other like establishments for working metals by forging, stamping, or embossing, and in which the hammer is elevated by means of a belt, strap, or connection with lifting mechanism, and allowed to fall by its own weight upon the metal to be worked..." |
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