| US Patent: 460,355 
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| Machine for cutting files and rasps | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Alfred Weed (exact or similar names) - Tarrytown, NY |  
 
| USPTO Classifications: |  | 76/13 |  
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Apr. 15, 1891 |  
| Granted: | Sep. 29, 1891 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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                        Jeff Joslin
 Vintage Machinery entry for Alfred Weed & Co.
 
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| Description: |  | The assignee was a manufacturer of files and rasps, employing 500 people according to their 1898 catalog. The company was acquired by Nicholson File Co. of Providence, RI, in 1901. Kearney & Foot were also assigned patents 581,473, 581,474, 587,885, 589,232, all related to making files or rasps. |  |