US Patent: 173,731 
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| Improvement in band sawing-machines
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	        Patentees:
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 | Levi L. Lamb (exact or similar names) - Chelsea, MA |  
| Sewall K. Lovewell (exact or similar names) - Chelsea, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
May 15, 1875 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Feb. 22, 1876 | 
 
 
 
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                        Jeff Joslin Vintage Machinery entry for S. K. Lovewell & Co. 
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        Description: |  
| The innovation is the use of springs in the blade-tensioning mechanism. We have seen saws from S. K. Lovewell & Co. marked with this patent date. |  
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