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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
ALBERT WILLIAMS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
COMPOUND GAGE.
Specification
of Letters Patent No. 17,403, dated May 26, 1857.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ALBERT WILLIAMS, of Philadelphia,
State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new Improved Combined
Gage; that I so hereby declare that the following is a correct
and full description thereof, reference being had to accompanying
drawing and the letters marked thereon.
To enable others skilled in the art to make
and use my invention I will proceed to describe its construction
and operation.
Description: A A, mortise gage; B B, head
screw; C C, headface for metal workers or machinists; D
D, headface for carpenters or other workers of wood; E E,
machinist's or metal workers' point for marking; F F, single
or common gage points; G G, cutting point for wood, paper,
leather or other soft material; H H, screw for holding the
three combined points; I I, mortise regulating screw; J
J, cylinder in which the regulating screw works; K K, head
screw nut; L L, gage head complete; M M, stem of gage.
Operation;
A A is the mortise for marking wood for mortising.
B B is the screw which fastens the head on
the stem M M at any point as the operator may desire.
C C is the face of the gage head for machinists'
or other metal workers' use for marking all kinds of metal.
D D is the reverse head face of gage for carpenters' or
others' use for making and cutting.
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