US Patent: 536,219
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| Combined anvil, vise, and drilling-machine
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Patentee:
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| Samuel B. Meyers (exact or similar names) - Milesburg, PA |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Dec. 19, 1894 |
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Mar. 26, 1895 |
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Carl Matthews
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Description: |
| The inventor was a wheelwright who was age 65 when this patent was issued.In this combined anvil/vise/drill, the operation of the anvil and vise are fairly self-evident. The following describes how the drill works... There are two horizontal shafts: a vise-screw and a drill-spindle. A drill bit is inserted in the taper in the end of the drill spindle and the work is held in the vise against the drill bit (rather than the anvil-side vise jaw, as would be done for non-drilling use of the vise). The vise spindle has two concentric shafts, one being the vise-screw and the other holding a gear that engages with a corresponding gear on the drill spindle. The crank-handle has two holes, one that engages the vise-screw and one that engages the drill-gear shaft. To drill a hole, fit the crank-handle on the end of the drill-gear shaft and turn the crank to start drilling the hole. While you're drilling you need to advance the vise to keep forcing the drill into the work. But how can you do that when the crank-handle is turning the drill? Answer: on the opposite end of the vise screw there's a hand-wheel that you can rotate to tighten the vise, forcing the drill into the work.A video on the "Essential Craftsman" YouTube channel, posted July 21, 2020, shows an example of this device, though only the anvil portion has survived. The surviving portion is marked only with the patent date so the maker remains unknown. A second example sold on eBay; this example retained the vise portion but was missing the parts related to drilling. From the eBay description, "It weighs about 50 pounds and measures about 12 by 18 by 8 inches overall. The anvil face is 3 by 8 inches and the hardy hole is 1/2 inch square. It addition to the 6 inch wide vise jaws which open to about 7 inches it features cast in pipe jaws."The inventor would also patent a washing machine, patent 547,669. |
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