| US Patent: 140,390 
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| Improvement in Process of Hardening Edge Tools | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Leverett W. Stuart (exact or similar names) - Hawley, PA |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jun. 27, 1872 |  
| Granted: | Jul. 01, 1873 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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| Description: |  | A previously hardened and tempered blade is further hardend by applying the edge under pressure against a revolving smooth faced metallic wheel.  Application to edge tools, harvester cutters, and saw teeth. |  |