| US Patent: 442,349 
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| Means for operating grinding-machines | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Alfred B. Benedict (exact or similar names) - Buffalo, NY |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Apr. 12, 1890 |  
| Granted: | Dec. 09, 1890 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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                        Jeff Joslin
 Vintage Machinery entry for Benedict & Co.
 
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| Description: |  | Foot-powered grinder for sharpening knives and other small items. It was manufactured by Benedict & Co., of 92 Lloyd Street in Buffalo, as the "Peerless" emery wheel tool grinder 1889-91. It seems to have been the company's sole product. |  |