https://www.datamp.org/ Recently added patents en-us https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=85285&pn=3,395,421 Lobster and crab claw shell cracking tool Patentee: Charles L. Harless Jr. - San Angelo TX Granted:1968-08-06

Pliers type tool with curved jaws and blades with curved, "serrated" blades. The basic tool evolved from the "YORK TEXAN SHELLER" -- patent no. 2,651,342. Patent no. 2,654,120 is also cited as "reference."
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=85284&pn=514,249 Nut Sheller Patentee: Charles L. Harless - San Angelo TX Granted:1955-06-28
Manufactured by York Nut Sheller Co, Inc. - San Angelo TX
Assigned to York Nut Sheller Co, Inc. - San Angelo TX

Canadian patent corresponding to U.S. 2,651,342. The focus of the patent is the replaceable cutting blades, etc. This was intended for use on thin-shelled nuts such as pecans, and cuts the shell away from the nut meats, rather than cracking the shells. The tool was produced as the YORK TEXAN SHELLER, with replacement blades and springs.
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=85283&pn=2,651,342 Nut Sheller Patentee: Charles L. Harless - San Angelo TX Granted:1953-09-08
Manufactured by York Nut Sheller Co, Inc. - San Angelo TX
Assigned to York Nut Sheller Co, Inc. - San Angelo TX

Improvement on the nut sheller in patent no. 2,376,469 with a focus on the replaceable cutter blades. Both patent numbers appear on packaging for examples of the YORK TEXAN SHELLER sold in the late 1950s & early 1960s. Corresponding Canadian patent CA-514,249 was published June 28, 1955. The "references" list includes prior patents 1,134,265, 1,371,072, 1,922,884, 2,204,040, 2,376,469, 2,378,084 and 2,454,601. In 1968, Charles L. Harless, Jr. patented a modified form of this tool as a lobster and claw shell cracker -- 3,395,542.
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=85282&pn=2,376,469 Nut Sheller Patentee: Raymond Dewey York - San Angelo TX Granted:1945-05-22
Manufactured by York Nut Sheller Co, Inc. - San Angelo TX

Jaws with teeth to crack and "cut" shells of pecans and similar thin shelled nuts, with a "bowl" to hold the shell fragments. The end of the bowl includes a "pick" to remove shell fragments from the grooves in nut meats. This is the first of three patents noted on an example of the YORK TEXAN Nut sheller.
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=85281&pn=3,724 Improvement in the Art of Pattern Making for Castings in Iron or other Metals Patentee: Ezra Ripley - Troy NY Granted:1844-08-31

No drawing; the specifications describe a multi-stage process for obtaining reusable casting patterns for relatively thin plates and cast hollow-ware. A blog post on the history of stove making notes Ripley was advertising his "new process" in 1843. Ripley (ca. 1797 - 1873 ) is remembered for his role in the design and production of ornamental stoves, etc. He also designed and patented tools and other cast iron articles.
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