Datamp.org Patents https://www.datamp.org/ Recently added patents en-us US Patent: 404,016 https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=55843&pn=404,016 Nut Cracker Patentee: Henry M. Quackenbush - Herkimer NY Granted:1889-05-28
Manufactured by H. M. Quackenbush - Herkimer NY

Cylindrical levers with gripping surfaces which pivot from a common connector. The structure reduces risk of pinching fingers during the process of cracking nuts. Aug. 10, 1909 patent no. 930,796 adds a revised link structure including a spring to help open the handles, as reflected in the 2nd image shown here. Quackenbush is listed as a manufacturer of nut picks, nut crackers, air rifles, treadle lathes, etc. in the 1899 "Seeger & Guernsey's Cyclopedia of the Manufactures and Products of the United States." A local history notes he started his manufacturing business in 1871. Quackenbush nut cracker / nut pick sets bearing a HMQ trade mark were still marketed in the late 20th Century.
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]]> US Patent: D21,545 https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=84536&pn=D21,545 Engine Frame Patentee: Daniel Best - San Leandro, Alameda County CA Granted:1892-05-17
Manufactured by Best Mfg. Co. - San Leandro, Alameda County CA

Abstract: My invention consists of a novel design especially adapted for the frame and bedpiece of gas-engines.
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]]> US Patent: 893,601 https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=84535&pn=893,601 Press Patentee: George J. Blum - Chicago IL Granted:1908-07-21
Assigned to Armstrong-Blum Mfg. Co. - Chicago IL


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]]> US Patent: 889,432 https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=84534&pn=889,432 Spark-plug Patentee: George J. Blum - Chicago IL Granted:1908-06-02
Assigned to Armstrong-Blum Mfg. Co. - Chicago IL

This spark plug has integrated points.
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]]> US Patent: 2,485,822 https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=84243&pn=2,485,822 Drum beater Patentee: Manny Goldrich - Hewlett NY Granted:1949-10-25
Assigned to William D. Gladstone - New York NY

See patent 1,055,998 for the unlikely genesis of the brushes for jazz drumming. See also patent 2,485,823 for a companion to this current patent.
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