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W. X. Stevens
East Brookfield, MA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number	Date	Title	Name	City	Description
62,977	Mar. 19, 1867	Screw Threading Machine	W. X. Stevens	Worcester, Worcester County, MA	Brown, Coombs & Co. - patent attorneys In this my improvement I employ many parts or details which are common to other lathes for doing similar work, such as the revolving mandrel and driver to the tap blank, which is held by the usual centres at opposite ends horizontally, sliding and raising and lowering tool-stock, and guide-bar, used for making the tool follow the taper or profile of the tap. These parts, therefore, will only be generally referred to in the following description of my invention, the nature of which consists in, firstly, giving to the tool its "backing-down" motion through the guide-bar previously mentioned, and which device is accordingly made to accomplish two functions instead of one, and to secure the proper relative performance of both.. Also, my invention further consists in raising the end of the tool-stock by means of a pattern on the mandrel, which forms a simple and effective device for the purpose. Likewise, my invention consists in a novel combination of pattern on the mandrel lever, with its lifter or lifters set in motion by the pattern, bar operated by the lifters, and tool-stock raised at its end by the motion of the bar, the whole or such several parts operating as an entirety to effect the "backing down" action required in an easy and practicable manner.
63,959	Apr. 16, 1867	Dampers for stove pipes	William E. Puffer	Lexington, MA
		Dampers for stove pipes	William X. Stevens	Worcester, MA
67,370	Jul. 30, 1867	Wire-Working Tool	W. X. Stevens	Waterford, NY	The hard cutting surfaces could be steel inserts, or the entire tool could be made of steel. The patent claims a combination of pliers and shears. Known 6" example marked "J.M. King & Co. Patd July 30, 1867." By the 1890s, pliers of this sort were called "Button Pattern Pliers," or "Button's Pliers."
95,392	Sep. 28, 1869	Improved Vise	W. X. Stevens	East Brookfield, MA	Parallel jawed hand vise as well as the tang allows it to be used as a self centering drill chuck for either a bit stock or lathe.
126,423	May. 07, 1872	Improvement in Nippers	William X. Stevens	East Brookfield, Worcester County, MA	The improvement is jaws that produce a "shearing" cut rather than jaws that produce a "pinching" cut.
126,910	May. 21, 1872	Improvement in Chucks for Holding Drills	William X. Stevens	East Brookfield, Worcester County, MA
139,928	Jun. 17, 1873	Improvement in dominos	William X. Stevens	East Brookfield, MA
146,846	Jan. 27, 1874	Improvement in shears for cutting off bar-iron	William X. Stevens	East Brookfield, MA	The inventor claimed that these hand-powered shears, weighing less than 500 pounds, could squarely cut a railroad rail. These shears were intended to be manufactured by the Stevens Tool Co., and they were setting up manufacture when Mr. Stevens became financially embarrassed and the shop, which belonged to Stevens, was repossessed by the bank (see link for a lawsuit involving this repossession, which reveals information about both the Stevens company and Stevens himself). Whether it was because of this or other reasons, the company failed.
187,400,418	Feb. 02, 1874	Improvement in shears for cutting bars or rods of iron and other metal or material	William X. Stevens	East Brookfield, MA	This is the British equivalent of US patent 146,846. The patent names W. E. Newton to whom the result was communicated by W. X. Stevens. Newton was a patent agent and this arrangement is an artifact of the patent laws in Britain at the time, which did not allow non-citizens to hold patents.
34,028	Feb. 05, 1874	Improvement in shears for cutting bars or rods of iron or other metal	William X. Stevens	East Brookfield, MA	This is the Belgian equivalent of US patent 146,846.
3,103	Feb. 11, 1874	Improvements on shears for cutting bars of iron	William X. Stevens	East Brookfield, MA	This is the Canadian equivalent of US patent 146,846.
147,702	Feb. 17, 1874	Improvement in horse hay-rakes	William X. Stevens	East Brookfield, MA
209,142	Oct. 22, 1878	Bench Vise Base	William X. Stevens	Brookfield, MA
272,346	Feb. 13, 1883	Apparatus for aging whisky	William X. Stevens	Washington, DC
274,148	Mar. 20, 1883	Mechanical toy	William X. Stevens	Washington, DC
RE10,319	Apr. 24, 1883	Mechanical toy	William X. Stevens	Washington, DC
293,284	Feb. 12, 1884	Bicycle-brace	William X. Stevens	Washington, DC	The invention is a stand for the style of bicycle known as the "American Star Bicycle".
397,984	Feb. 19, 1889	Refrigerator	Edward B. Hess	New York, NY
		Refrigerator	William X. Stevens	Washington, DC
400,802	Apr. 02, 1889	Automatic switch	William X. Stevens	Washington, DC
408,143	Jul. 30, 1889	Ink-grinding slab	William X. Stevens	Washington, DC
481,598	Aug. 30, 1892	Rock-drilling machine	William X. Stevens	Washington, DC
483,795	Oct. 04, 1892	Faucet	William X. Stevens	Washington, DC
609,171	Aug. 16, 1898	Bicycle-frame	William X. Stevens	Washington, DC
919,176	Apr. 20, 1909	Oil-burner	Alfred F. Johns	Los Angeles, CA
		Oil-burner	William X. Stevens	Washington, DC
1,097,687	May. 26, 1914	Bowling-alley	William X. Stevens	Washington, DC
1,143,089	Jun. 15, 1915	Box-making machine	William X. Stevens	Washington, DC
1,156,109	Oct. 12, 1915	Nailing mechanism for box-machines	William X. Stevens	Washington, DC
1,163,789	Dec. 14, 1915	Intermittently-revolving mechanism	William X. Stevens	Washington, DC