US Patent: 640,846 - Pencil-sharpener


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US Patent: 640,846

Pencil-sharpener

Patentee:

John A. Webster (exact or similar names) - New York, NY

USPTO Classifications:

144/28.7, 144/30, 269/60

Tool Categories:

household : pencil sharpeners

Assignees:

Florence A. Morrison - New York, NY

Manufacturer:

F. S. Webster Co. - Boston, MA

Witnesses:

James M. Fisk

Oliver E. Davis

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Apr. 29, 1899
Granted:	Jan. 09, 1900

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Description:

In this patent we can see the beginnings of the modern pencil sharpener. See patent 972,488 for a much more recognizable evolution of this design that was used by the same manufacturer.

Manufacturer information is from the Office Museum website.