| US Patent: 151,217 
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| Improvement in band sawing machines | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Edward F. Gordon (exact or similar names) - Concord, NH |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | May 09, 1874 |  
| Granted: | May 26, 1874 |  
 
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| Description: |  | The invention is an improved mounting of the journal box for the upper wheel; the mounting provides a larger bearing surface.An example of this bandsaw had two labels cast into it: one with "D. C. Allen & Co., Concord, N.H.", and the other with "Granite State" and the patent date. Granite State is a model name that was also used by Dunklee & Allen, Concord Machine Works, and John A. White Co., all for bandsaws of the Gordon design, with evolutionary improvements. |  |