US Patent: 211,943 
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| Improvement in lathe-chucks
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	        Patentee:
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 | William L. Sweetland (exact or similar names) - Windsor Locks, CT |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Dec. 21, 1878 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Feb. 04, 1879 | 
 
 
 
| Reissue Information: |  
| Reissued as RE9,734 (May 31, 1881) |  
 
 
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                        Jeff Joslin Vintage Machinery entry for Hoggson & Pettis Mfg. Co. 
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        Description: |  
| At the time the patent was applied for, the inventor was superintendent of chuck maker E. Horton & Son. We do not know why he patented a chuck on his own and then sold the rights to a competitor. |  
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