| US Patent: 413,475 
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| Mechanism for operating scrollsaws, etc. | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | William F. Barnes (exact or similar names) - Rockford, IL |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Granted: | Oct. 22, 1889 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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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. |  |