Datamp.org Patents https://www.datamp.org/ Recently added patents en-us US Patent: 5,381X https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=33421&pn=5,381X Trumpet Mouthed Mill for Grinding Paints Patentee: Samuel Cook - Mendon, Worcester County MA Granted:1829-03-03

Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. Only the patent drawing is available. This patent is in the database for reference only. Listed in A List of Patents Issued by the United States, from 1790 to 1847, pgs. 259 & 408.
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US Patent: 2,645,142 https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=55005&pn=2,645,142 Spark Plug Adjusting Pliers Patentee: Otto Schwenzfeler - McCook, Willow County NE Granted:1953-07-14
Manufactured by Wilde Tool Co. - Hiawatha KS
Assigned to James T. Clark - Fort Morgan CO

A rotatable spark plug gap gauge and anvil are fixed to one jaw; the other jaw has an adjustable width gap to fit the spark plug body. The patent number appears on examples of the Snap-On CF series of spark plug gappers. It also appears on a spark plug gapper made by Wilde Tool Co., Hiawatha, KS. The tool is described (with no maker name noted) in Mar. 1954 POPULAR MECHANICS. Patent nos. 64,904, 764,212, 1,085,461, 1,249,394, 1,263,412, 1,384,209, 1,421,465, 1,439,664, 1,629,000 and 2,492,380 are cited as references.
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US Patent: D260,476 https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=13808&pn=D260,476 Combined Locking Pliers Clamp Patentee: Gregory H. Knauss - Wetmore TX Granted:1981-09-01
Manufactured by Meyer Machine Co. - San Antonio TX

Design incorporating a "C-Clamp" to the handle of a locking pliers. Known example in original package includes "Made in Taiwan" and "Meyer Machine Co. // PO Box 5460 // San Antonio, TX 78201 // A Telecom Corp. Company." The tool itself is marked "MEYERPLIER / PAT D260476 - TAIWAN." The patent cites as references prior patents: 29,620, D56,979, 79,100, 603,305, 965,198, 1,282,532, 1,320,103, 1,345,035, 3,718,327, 3,744,069, 3,859,874, & 3,907,269. Trademark registration application published in 1986.
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US Patent: 1,520,134 https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=86122&pn=1,520,134 Automobile hand-jack handle Patentee: Joseph J. Mizer - Racine WI Granted:1924-12-23
Manufactured by Walker Mfg. Co. (Racine) - Racine WI
Assigned to Walker Mfg. Co. (Racine) - Racine WI

The folding center in this jack handle appears in later jack handle patents for Walker jacks (e.g. 1,721,756 and 1,722,723). A different "T" handle for Walker No. 500 jack appears in a 1922 ad.
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GB Patent: 19,070,866 https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=86121&pn=19,070,866 Improvements in Spigot and Socket Joints for Pipes Patentee: David G. Farlie - Farnborough, Hants County England Granted:1908-10-29

Abstract: Spigot-and-socket joints in which a flanged beveled spigot fits a corresponding flanged socket are provided with a flanged beveled packing-cone c of rubber, tow, or the like; locking-headed bolts d, e are used to tighten the joint. Note: Early British patents (pre 1916) were numbered by the year and started at patent #1 at the start of each year in January. The patent # used in DATAMP represents the year of registration and the patent # (with "leading zeros" interposed to make the number total ten digits). This patent is #0866 of the year 1907.
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