US Patent: 342,350 - Pencil-sharpener


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US Patent: 342,350

Pencil-sharpener

Patentees:

Charles E. Gould (exact or similar names) - Leominster, MA

Frank H. Cook (exact or similar names) - Leominster, MA

USPTO Classifications:

144/28.8, 279/23.1

Tool Categories:

household : pencil sharpeners

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Gould & Cook - Leominster, MA

F. H. Cook & Co. - Leominster, MA

Witnesses:

J. A. Kendall

Robert L. Carter

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Sep. 04, 1885
Granted:	May 25, 1886

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Description:

The partnership of Gould & Cook was formed in 1884. By 1887, and probably before, they were manufacturing this invention as the "Gem" pencil sharpener. In 1893 the business became F. H. Cook & Co., which survived until at least 1902.