US Patent: 491,494 - Mechanism for operating sawmill-carriages


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US Patent: 491,494

Mechanism for operating sawmill-carriages

Patentees:

James N. Richey (exact or similar names) - Carmichael's, PA

Samuel N. Hench (exact or similar names) - York, PA

Walker A. Dromgold (exact or similar names) - York, PA

USPTO Classifications:

476/19, 476/24

Tool Categories:

woodworking machines : sawmills : sawmill carriages

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Hench & Dromgold Co. - York, PA

Witnesses:

Jacob E. Weaver

Robert J. Lewis

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Aug. 02, 1892
Granted:	Feb. 07, 1893

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Description:

This patent covers the mechanism for the rapid backward movement of the sawmill carriages ("gigging back"). Hench & Dromgold marketed their sawmills as having the fastest gigging back of any on the market.