| US Patent: 259,661 
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| Band-saw guide | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | William Bowker (exact or similar names) - Somerville, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Apr. 10, 1882 |  
| Granted: | Jun. 20, 1882 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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 Vintage Machinery entry for Bowker & Williams Hoop Machine Co.
 
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| Description: |  | "...a new and useful Improvement in machinery for Sawing Barrel-Hoops from Poles...improved mechanism for guiding each (bandsaw) and bending it laterally to cause it to cut into the poles a kerf in parallelism, or about so, with the surface which may be borne along against the pressure roller." |  |