| US Patent: 311,647 
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| Axle Cutter and Threader Improvements in Tools for Shortening and Cutting Screw-Threads upon Axle-Spindles
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Edward F. Dalton (exact or similar names) - Waterford, NY |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Aug. 04, 1884 |  
| Granted: | Feb. 03, 1885 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Edward F. Dalton patent Febr. 3, 1885 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | Combination of left- and right-hand threading dies, and cutter to dress the end of an axle skein adjacent the thread, in order to compensate for wear.
The axle nut is used to provide pressure for the cutter.
Holroyd & Co. of Waterford, NY is listed as maker of axle cutters in an 1890 hardware manufacturers directory. |  |