| US Patent: 98,305 
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| Improvement in Plane for Shaving Whalebone Plane with a Spring Mouthpiece
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| Patentee: |  |
 | James A. Sevey (exact or similar names) - Boston, MA |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Granted: | Dec. 28, 1869 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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 EAIA Chronicle article on the Splint Planes
 
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| Description: |  | The plane has a low-angle blade mounted on a block attached to the sole.  Forward of the blade is a mouthpiece made of spring steel.  In use, the plane is pushed down just enough to have the blade clear the mouthpiece. |  |