| US Patent: 325,229 
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| Machinist's Planer | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | John S. Alcorn (exact or similar names) - Hartford, Hartford County, CT |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jun. 29, 1885 |  
| Granted: | Sep. 01, 1885 |  
 
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                        Joel Havens
 "Vintage Machinery" entry for Alcorn Machine Co.
 
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| Description: |  | Albert H. Walker - patent attorney 
We can find no other reference for Alcorn & Sexton other that Kenneth Cope's research, published in his books. 
This patent is for a planer tool lifter. 
In 1885, John S. Alcorn was working for Pratt & Whitney Co. and Joel B. Sexton was working for Cushman Chuck Co. 
Abstract: 
This invention is a mechanism for lifting the of cutting-tool away from all contact with the thing being planed at the end of the forward stroke of the carriage which carries that thing, and for lowering that tool to its former position at the end of the backward stroke of that carriage. |  |