US Patent: 67,398 - Verticle Post Cutter Adjustment


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US Patent: 67,398

Improvement in Bench-Planes
Verticle Post Cutter Adjustment

Patentee:

Leonard Bailey (exact or similar names) - Boston, MA

USPTO Classifications:

30/488

Tool Categories:

woodworking tools : planes : plane adjustment mechanisms : plane cutter adjustments

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Leonard Bailey - Boston, MA

The Stanley Rule & Level Co. - New Britain, CT

Witnesses:

Samuel N. Piper

George H. Andrews

R. H. Eddy

Patent Dates:
Granted:	Aug. 06, 1867

Reissue Information:
Reissued as RE6,498 (Jun. 22, 1875)

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Description:

The invention is for transitional planes and is a verticle screw post and forked lever, similar to the depth adjuster on countless Stanley planes, but is used to adjust the metallic portion of the plane in relation to the wooden sole. It provides a means for adjusting the mouth.

From the 1886 book, "Federal Decisions, Vol. XXV. Patents, Copyright and Trade-marks", this patent was involved in the following litigation: "Reissue No. 6498, 1875-06-22. Claims 3 and 4 construed, held novel and infringed, Stanley Rule & Level Co. v. Bailey, 14 B.atch., 510."