| US Patent: 62,793 
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| Making Metal Tools Improvement in Forging Hammers
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Lorin Wetherell (exact or similar names) - Boston, MA |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Aug. 20, 1866 |  
| Granted: | Mar. 12, 1867 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Lorin Wetherell Pat. Mar. 12, 1867 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The patent describes a series of steps using dies with drop forge and trip hammer to form a hammer head. This patent covers forming a claw hammer. The illustration shows a couple of the final steps. Wetherell's roughly parallel patent (no. 62174, issued Feb. 19, 1867) describes forging a ball pein hammer head. |  |