| US Patent: 15,413 
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| Planing Metal | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Edwin C. Cleveland (exact or similar names) - Worcester, Worcester County, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Granted: | Jul. 29, 1856 |  
 
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| Description: |  | This patent is of interst because E. C. Cleveland was the "& Co." in the firm of Thayer, Houghton & Co., where Cleveland made machinist's tools. Cleveland (and the firm he was partner in) are almost completely forgotten now. 
My invention consists in the employment or use of a friction box connected by gearing with the screw which operates the tool stock. The friction block being provided with adjustable dogs; the above parts being arranged as will be hereinafter described; whereby the tool may be adjusted or fed at varying distances, as desired, at each stroke of the bed according to the nature of the work. |  |