US Patent: 140,390 
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| Improvement in Process of Hardening Edge Tools
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	        Patentee:
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 | Leverett W. Stuart (exact or similar names) - Hawley, PA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Jun. 27, 1872 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Jul. 01, 1873 | 
 
 
 
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        Description: |  
| A previously hardened and tempered blade is further hardend by applying the edge under pressure against a revolving smooth faced metallic wheel.  Application to edge tools, harvester cutters, and saw teeth. |  
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