| US Patent: 339,872 
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| Bench-Plane Self-setting Plane Cutter Adjuster
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| Patentee: |  |
 | John Porcius Gage (exact or similar names) - Vineland, NJ |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jan. 08, 1886 |  
| Granted: | Apr. 13, 1886 |  
 
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| Description: |  | Gage patented this improved "clamping plate" for the self-setting plane 271569. The clamping plate was a piece that attached to the cutter and had slots that allowed for the adjusting mechanisms to control the cutter. |  |