| US Patent: 549,006 
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| Screw Cutting Lathe | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Wendell Phillips Norton (exact or similar names) - Torrington, Litchfield County, CT |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jan. 25, 1895 |  
| Granted: | Oct. 29, 1895 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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                        Joel Havens
 "Vintage Machinery" entry for Hendey Machine Co.
 
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| Description: |  | This patent is for the Automatic Stop Rod Mechanism which allows for turning, boring and threading to a shoulder or in a blind holes. With the micrometric adjusting screw located on the apron, the feed can be stopped within very close limits. (This information courtesy of Hendeyman) 
Abstract: 
The object of the present invention is to provide certain new and useful improvements in screw-cutting machines whereby the movement of the carriage is automatically arrested. 
The invention consists in the combination, with the reversing-rod under the control of the operator, of 'an auxiliary slidable rod provided with adjustable stop-collars adapted to be alternately engaged by the carriage, a lever connected with the said reversing-rod and auxiliary rod,and a clutch mechanism actuated by the said lever and adapted to be alternately connected byoppositely-driven reversing-gears with the driving-shaft. |  |