US Patent: 357,433 - Lifting device for drop-hammers


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US Patent: 357,433

Lifting device for drop-hammers

Patentee:

William S. Ward (exact or similar names) - Plantsville, CT

USPTO Classifications:

226/155, 226/180, 72/439

Tool Categories:

metalworking machines : forging machines : drop hammers

Assignees:

H. D. Smith & Co. - Plantsville, CT

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

E. P. Hotchkiss

E. W. Michell

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Nov. 23, 1886
Granted:	Feb. 08, 1887

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Description:

Assignee H. D. Smith & Co. manufactured hand tools and were pioneers in drop-forging. They were the originators of the so-called "perfect handle" line of tools. So far as we can tell, this patent drop hammer was for their own use and was not manufactured.