| US Patent: 37,445 
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| Improvement in drop-presses | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | William Cleveland Hicks (exact or similar names) - Summit, NJ |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Granted: | Jan. 20, 1863 |  
 
| Reissue Information: |  | Reissued as RE7,788 (Jul. 10, 1877) |  USPTO (New site tip)
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| Description: |  | "My invention relates to drop-presses or drops used in gun-shops, jewelry-shops, and other like establishments for working metals by forging, stamping, or embossing, and in which the hammer is elevated by means of a belt, strap, or connection with lifting mechanism, and allowed to fall by its own weight upon the metal to be worked..." |  |