US Patent: 70,997 
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Dies For Swaging Hammers Improvement in Making Elongated Sockets In Hammers and Other Tools
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	        Patentee:
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 | Henry Hammond (exact or similar names) - Hartford, CT |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Granted: | 
Nov. 19, 1867 | 
 
| Antedated: | 
Oct. 22, 1867 | 
 
 
 
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Henry Hammond Pat. Oct. 22, 1867  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The patent covers the dies and sequence of forging operations to form a hammer head with an elongated socket formed from the metal swaged out to form the open area of the socket. The process is applicable to forming any tool head having a central elongated socket.
Hammond had a parallel patent (no. 70,998) for dies and process of forming the claws of a hammer head. |  
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