US Patent: 413,475 
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| Mechanism for operating scrollsaws, etc.
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	        Patentee:
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 | William F. Barnes (exact or similar names) - Rockford, IL |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Granted: | 
Oct. 22, 1889 | 
 
 
 
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                        Jeff Joslin Vintage Machinery entry for W. F. & John Barnes Co. 
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        Description: |  
| Patent date seen on a Barnes No. 7 scrollsaw. A perforated flat belt and sprocket is used to drive the same clutch mechanism used on earlier Barnes treadle saws. This prevented the usual slippage of the drive belt under a heavy load. |  
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