| US Patent: 1,352,140 
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| Tempered blade | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Charles Napier (exact or similar names) - Springfield, MA |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Dec. 09, 1918 |  
| Granted: | Sep. 07, 1920 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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| Description: |  | This patent provides improvements to the tempering process using the tempering machine of patent 1,221,576 and the process of patent 1,265,944. This patent covers sawblade composition to support his variable-tempering process which produced "glass-hard" tooth tips that became progressively softer and more resilient from the tip to the root of the tooth. |  |