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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
975,728 Nov. 15, 1910 Nut Feed for Tapping Machine Oscar A. Smith Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH
1,008,677 Nov. 14, 1911 Tool Holder or Bracket Oscar A. Smith Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH
1,021,848 Apr. 02, 1912 Floating tool-holder Benjamin Rindfleisch Cleveland, OH
1,038,670 Sep. 17, 1912 Threading Die Oscar A. Smith Cleveland, OH Abstract


This invention relates to threading dies of the character known as opening or self-opening dies, the object of the invention being to provide an improved tool of this character simple in construction and easily operated and which there will be no variation in the thread during the operation of the die by reason of the fact that the construction is such that it is impossible for the die chasers to open while a thread is being cut even though the die chaser operating means should be slightly shifted and in which also the die will cut the full length of the stock.
See also patent #1,057,014.
G. L. Weed - patent attorney
1,057,014 Mar. 25, 1913 Die Oscar A. Smith Cleveland, OH Abstract

This invention relates to threading dies of the character known as self-opening dies, the object of the invention being to provide an improved tool of this character simple in construction and easily operated and which may be readily reset by hand, and in the use of which there will be no variantion of the thread during the operation of the die, by reason of the fact that the construction is such that it is impossible for the die chasers to open while the thread is being cut even though the die chaser operating means should be slightly shifted, and by means of which the die the thread will be cut the full length of the stock without mutilation of the last thread being cut or of an adjacent shoulder.
See also [patent #1,038,670.

G. L. Weed - patent attorney
1,085,800 Feb. 03, 1914 Box-tool William Crandall Cleveland, OH
1,092,462 Apr. 07, 1914 Metal-working machine Enoch Trobeck , Germany
1,187,618 Jun. 20, 1916 Metal-turning tool George Otis Gridley Windsor, VT
1,256,180 Feb. 12, 1918 Drill-machine Oscar A. Smith Cleveland, OH
1,449,475 Mar. 27, 1923 Recessing Tool Holder Earl H. Wheeler Windsor, Windsor County, VT
1,783,541 Dec. 02, 1930 Tool Holder William J. Hogg Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH
    Tool Holder Frederick Neumann Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH  
1,961,605 Jun. 05, 1934 Standard Spindle Nose Alfred E. Drissner Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH
    Standard Spindle Nose Frank O. Hoagland West Hartford, Hartford County, CT  
    Standard Spindle Nose Max E. Lange Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, OH  
    Standard Spindle Nose Nils Ivar Lundberg Madison, Dane County, WI  
    Standard Spindle Nose John E. Lovely Springfield, Windsor County, VT  
1,978,427 Oct. 30, 1934 Combined Circular Chaser and Turning Tool William J. Hogg Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH Claim:
The present invention is an improvement upon that shown and described in my contemporaneously pending application, Serial Number 459,700, filed June 7th, 1930, and assigned to the National Acme Company, the owner of the present improvement, and reference is made to that case for a detailed description of the construction of the die itself and the manner of supporting the chasers therein, the present improved chaser having, as set forth in that case, straight grooves instead of spiral formed grooves, the chasers, however, being so set that they have all the effects of the spiral grooves without any of their disadvantages.