US Patent: 279,780 - Chain sawing-machine


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US Patent: 279,780

Chain sawing-machine

Patentee:

Frederick L. Magaw (exact or similar names) - Flatlands, NY

USPTO Classifications:

83/409, 83/425.4, 83/831, 83/839

Tool Categories:

woodworking machines : other wood sawing machines

Assignees:

Frederick L. Magaw - Flatlands, NY

John A. Peer - Grass Valley, CA

William C. Edes - Boston, MA

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

T. J. Krane

James R. Bowen

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Aug. 21, 1882
Granted:	Jun. 19, 1883

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Description:

This is the earliest patent we have seen for a chainsaw. This saw is stationary rather than portable, but the saw-teeth-on-a-chain is here; patent 279,781 covers the saw-chain itself.