US Patent: 323,804 - Plane Cutter Lateral Adjuster


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US Patent: 323,804

Bench-Plane
Plane Cutter Lateral Adjuster

Patentee:

John Porcius Gage (exact or similar names) - Vineland, NJ

USPTO Classifications:

30/487

Tool Categories:

woodworking tools : planes : plane adjustment mechanisms : plane cutter adjustments

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Gage Tool Co. - Vineland, NJ

The Stanley Rule & Level Co. - New Britain, CT

Witnesses:

Grace M. Craig

Theo. Mungen

Philip C. Masi

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Apr. 23, 1885
Granted:	Aug. 04, 1885

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Description:

The invention is a lateral adjuster consisting of a slotted cutter and a lever, the lever also functions as the depth adjusting screw. It is Gage's improvement for the self-setting plane 271569. Smith in PTAMPIA1 says there are no known planes with this lever.