US Patent: 180,867 - Improvement in bench-planes


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US Patent: 180,867

Improvement in bench-planes

Patentee:

Jackson Gorham (exact or similar names) - Crawfordville, GA

USPTO Classifications:

30/478

Tool Categories:

woodworking tools : planes : bench planes

Assignees:

Charles E. Smith - Crawfordville, GA

Jackson Gorham - Crawfordville, GA

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Charles A. Beazley

V. T. Smith

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Jul. 11, 1876
Granted:	Aug. 08, 1876

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Description:

"My invention consists of a stud applied on the top of a smoothing-plane stock near the heel, and adapted to fit between the thumb and forefinger of the right hand, while the palm bears against the heel of the stock, whereby the pressure of the hand is distributed over a larger surface, and is thus diminished on the small area heretofore employed for driving the plane by pressing against the heel of the stock. It also affords a bearing or rest for a part of the hand not heretofore having any support on the stock, and therefore making the work easier."