US Patent: 182,438 
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| Improvement in scroll-sawing machines
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	        Patentee:
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 | William D. Herschel (exact or similar names) - New York, NY |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
May 13, 1876 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Sep. 19, 1876 | 
 
 
 
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                        Jeff Joslin Vintage Machinery entry for First & Pryibil Vintage Machinery entry for P. Pryibil 
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        Description: |  
| The invention is aimed at creating a mechanism that runs smoothly at high speeds, and that pulls the sawblade back a bit at each end of the stroke, so that sawdust is more readily cleared.Inventor Herschel went on to become the machine designer for Jos. O. Colladay & Bros. |  
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