| US Patent: 1,889,897 
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| Surface plate | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Carl Edvard Johansson (exact or similar names) - Detroit, MI |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Dec. 18, 1930 |  
| Granted: | Dec. 06, 1932 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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                        Jeff Joslin
 Vintage Machinery entry for C. E. Johansson, Inc.
 
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| Description: |  | The intent of the grooves on this surface plate is to reduce stiction as when a gauge blocks "wrings together" with the surface plate. This is a problem with very smooth and accurate cast iron surface plates, though not with granite plates. |  |