| US Patent: 27,046 
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| Recutting File Blanks Improvement in Methods of sharpening Files, etc.
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 | William B. Gillett (exact or similar names) - Auburn, NY |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Granted: | Feb. 07, 1860 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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| Description: |  | The nature of my invention consists in decomposing a solution of acid or of a salt by passing a current of electricity or galvanism through the said solution in such a manner that the oxygen or .other corrosive element, upon being liberatedj shall attack and dissolve the substance of a file immersed in the said solution, thereby sharpening the teeth of the said file, the operation being termiuated when the file has become fit for use |  |