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Sandy Moss has another brace made by the same "Phoenix Hdwe. Mfg. Co., Homer, NY." The image of the markings on the present chuck at left is shown as a negative to improve legibility. |
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The
upper handle
or pad is much thicker than that of most braces of the period, but
there
is [still] no ball like that shown in the patent drawing at bottom
right
from US 814,318, but there is a large headed adjustment screw visible
on
the top of the pad, as shown at upper left. However, instead of
the
ball, there is a hardened steel wear plate carried in a cast iron
threaded
cup and a presumably hardened tip with a centering tit on the end of
the
brace's arm and covered by Claim 2 below. There is even a split
washer,
as put forth in the claims:
Having thus described
my invention,
what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United
States,
is -- WILLIAM
ALLEN
PECK.
Note that
the hub member
is quite different from the patent drawing as well. |
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