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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
1,842,943 Jan. 26, 1932 Metal cutting shear Baltasar Schubert Chicago, IL "Our invention relates to metal cutting shears and more particularly to that class of shears designated as the throatless type, and my main object is to design a shear of this kind which will cut curves with the use of the conventional straight blades. A further object of the invention is to design the bed of the novel shear with a peculiar inclination suitable for the feeding and travel of the work necessary for the cutting of curves..."
    Metal cutting shear Kurt W. Nebel Chicago, IL  
2,190,911 Feb. 20, 1940 Portable shear Kurt W. Nebel Chicago, IL "My invention relates to hand shears employed in sheet metal shops and of a character to be portable over a floor or table, and my main object is to provide a shear of this type which provides a free and even course of progress for the sheet as it is being cut, eliminating the climbing and bending of the sheet usually involved in order to continue the shearing operation..."
2,333,892 Nov. 09, 1943 Shear Baltasar Schubert Chicago, IL Baltasar Schubert was co-inventor, along with Kurt Nebel, on the original patent for the famous Beverly Shear, patent 1,842,943. Nebel went on to manufacture the shear out of his house, a practice that continued until Nebel's death and was then continued for two more generations until 2019, and then transitioned to being manufactured by Mittler Brothers. We do not know if Schubert maintained any involvement in the business or if this shear patent was used by Beverly Shear or by anyone else.
This shear is designed to be pulled, rather than pushed, through the work, which provided a better view of the cut.
2,337,206 Dec. 21, 1943 Metal cutting shear Kurt W. Nebel Chicago, IL Improvements to patent 1,842,943 related to precision and reliability plus reduce cutting effort and add a hold-down that will not mar the work.
2,355,320 Aug. 08, 1944 Metal-cutting shear Kurt W. Nebel Chicago, IL This shear is intended to be "useful for ordinary sheet metal cutting and for cutting metal siding or shingles employed in roofing."
2,581,694 Jan. 08, 1952 Metal piercing and cutting shear Kurt W. Nebel Chicago, IL "My invention relates to hand operated shears designed for cutting sheet metal, and more particularly to the type which have means for starting a cut from within the surface of the sheet by piercing the latter..."
2,676,656 Apr. 27, 1954 Cable cutting shears Kurt W. Nebel Chicago, IL "My invention relates to hand operated shears, such as are used in sheet metal and machine shops, and one object is constructed in a manner to cut various types of cables, such as insulating cable, B-X electric cable, aluminum cable, etc., with facility. A further object is to construct a shear of this kind ostensibly as a hand operated shear, but designed to negotiate work usually cut by power shears..."
3,387,519 Jun. 11, 1968 Stripper assemblies for slitting shears Joseph A. Nebel Chicago, IL