| US Patent: 261,138 
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| Ticket Punch | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Luther O. Crocker (exact or similar names) - East Braintree, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | May 22, 1882 |  
| Granted: | Jul. 18, 1882 |  
 
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| Description: |  | Improvement on Crocker's earlier patents (nos. 64,286 and 95,091). The improvement is a slot extending into the jaw beyond the pivot point for the stripper plate. This slot helps to align and steady the ticket.  A 20th Century McGill ticket punch appears to conform to this patent.
1880s ads for Crocker's Ticket Punch note all three patents; his fourth patent (no. 456,983 granted Aug. 4, 1891) was an additional refinement of this slot. |  |