| US Patent: 63,487 
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| Improved Mode of Manufacturing Saw Blades | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Henry Disston (exact or similar names) - Philadelphia, PA |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Granted: | Apr. 02, 1867 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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| Description: |  | Saw blade is composed of tough wrought iron, or homogeneous or Bessemer steel, and having a hard carbonized exterior surface.  Steel is placed in a red hot bath of Turk's Island salt and prussage of potash in 3:1 ratio and then quenched when appropriate. |  |