US Patent: 1,702,245 
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| Electrical connection for portable electric tools
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	        Patentees:
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 | Alonzo Galloway Decker (exact or similar names) - Baltimore, MD |  
| Samuel Duncan Black (exact or similar names) - Baltimore, MD |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Dec. 01, 1923 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Feb. 19, 1929 | 
 
 
 
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                        Jeff Joslin Vintage Machinery entry for Black & Decker Mfg. Co., Ltd. 
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        Description: |  
| Improved means of electrically connecting the cord to the drill. The improvements are to extend the service life of the cord, and ease replacement of the cord when necessary. |  
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