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Sargent & Co.
New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number	Date	Title	Name	City	Description
151,827	Jun. 09, 1874	Improvement in Machines for Stamping Carpenters' Squares	Charles S. Bement	New Haven, CT
152,323	Jun. 23, 1874	Improvement in machines for grinding carpenters' squares	Charles S. Bement	New Haven, CT
252,177	Jan. 10, 1882	Gong Bell	Frederick W. Brocksieper	New Haven, CT	John E. Earle - patent attorney This invention relates to an improvement in that class-of gong-bells which are placed directly upon the inside of a door to be operated by a lever upon the outside, or, placed at a distance, may be operated by a connected wire-pull, the object of the invention being a simple construction to avoid the hinged latch necessary in the usual construction.
303,478	Aug. 12, 1884	Tool Handle	Granville W. Wright	New Haven, CT	Claim is for the tubular socket and a pin that goes through both the socket and jaws to prevent longitudinal movement.
303,887	Aug. 19, 1884	Tool-handle	Joseph B. Sargent	New Haven, CT	An example has been seen, marked with the patent date. No maker's name is marked so we assume it was manufactured by the assignee.
314,058	Mar. 17, 1885	Bench-hook	Joseph B. Sargent	New Haven, CT
377,645	Feb. 07, 1888	Lateral Lever	John H. Shaw	New Haven, CT	The invention is a screw adjustment for squaring up a blade in the mouth of the plane when the edge is not perpendicular to the sides of the blade. Shaw's patented planes used this patented feature along with 824954.
444,207	Jan. 06, 1891	Pliers	Fredrich W. Brocksieper	New Haven, CT	One jaw of the pliers has a double linkage like the one used in several parallel jaw pliers patents. The other jaw has a freely rocking tip segment so the pliers will adapt to tapering forms as well as those with parallel sides.
445,793	Feb. 03, 1891	Plane	Granville W. Wright	New Haven, CT	This disc-shaped lateral adjuster replaced the horseshoe-shaped lateral adjuster patented by Sargent on this day 445792, which was only used for a short period of time in 1891 on the Sargent #3400 series of transitional planes.
445,792	Feb. 03, 1891	Plane	Granville W. Wright	New Haven, CT	This horseshoe-shaped lateral adjuster was only used for a short period of time in 1891 on the Sargent #3400 series of transitional planes. It was replaced by the disc lateral adjuster patented by Sargent on this day 445793.
493,903	Mar. 21, 1893	Blockplane Lateral Adjuster	Granville W. Wright	New Haven, CT	The invention is the cutter adjustment of the type that has a toothed lever that cooperates with a cutter that has notches on the underside. Commonly seen on Sargent and Fulton blockplanes.
512,084	Jan. 02, 1894	Bench-Plane	Granville W. Wright	New Haven, CT
		Bench-Plane	Albert A. Page	New Haven, CT
585,889	Jul. 06, 1897	Lever Action Levercap	Albert A. Page	East Haven, CT	The bulbous knuckle-joint levercap characteristic of Sargent blockplanes.
651,057	Jun. 05, 1900	Steel Square	Artemas Roberts	Normal, NE	Table gives lengths of rafters having a defined pitch and a given horizontal run. Patent date seen marked on a Sargent & Co square and Henry B. Sargent references this patent in his patent 1,102,689. This patent appears on a Sargent VBM 500CR square (pic 2) with the 1,102,689 patent on the opposite side.
657,391	Sep. 04, 1900	Wrench	Thomas H. Brosnihan	Livermore Falls, ME	The key elements of the patent are the hardened pipe-gripping jaw faces. The pipe-gripping jaw face on the adjustable jaw slides on a keyway-shaped base, and is pressed outward by a spring.
818,472	Apr. 24, 1906	Mouthpiece with Cammed Adjuster	Henry B. Sargent	New Haven, CT	Used on the Sargent #306, #307, #316, #317, #606, #607, #1306, #1307, #1606, #1607, #4306, #4307, #5306, #5307, and #5607 blockplanes. Also used on the #514 low-angle jackplane. The cammed mouthpiece adjuster is distinctive of blockplanes made by Sargent and can help identify which blockplanes they made for others.
824,954	Jul. 03, 1906	Frog Adjuster	John H. Shaw	New Haven, CT	This patent is for a frog adjuster that is functionally equivalent to that on the more famous Bed Rock line of planes made by Stanley 987081. It allows the frog to be adjusted to set the mouth size without removing the cutter. It was another 4 years until Sargent produced the Shaw's patent line of benchplanes in 1910, and production ended in 1918. The benchplanes in the Shaw's patent line are numbered from 7 to 24. These planes also used Wright's patented lateral adjuster 445793. These are well made and collectible planes. Shaw's patented planes used this and 377645.
869,267	Oct. 29, 1907	Tilting Tote	John H. Shaw	New Haven, CT	The Sargent #400 adjustable plane handle. Made with rosewood from 1907 to 1909 and East India mahogony from 1910 to 1916.
960,039	May. 31, 1910	Marking Gage	William Potter	New York, NY	An extremely complicated butt and marking gage with lots of reference faces and points. It could allow fixed or adjustable gain, allowed points to be extended as they were sharpened, and supposedly solved the problem of the gage "tipping" as it marked. One of these appeared on a Patrick Leach tool list.
1,042,139	Oct. 22, 1912	Match Plane	Albert A. Page	New Haven, CT	Used on Sargent's #1066, #1067, and #1068 matchplanes.
D43,191	Oct. 29, 1912	Design for a Level	William Disston	Philadelphia, PA	Patent is for raised ribs at hand grip location. Companion patent with 43192. Disston levels are marked with the 1912 patent date. Patent term is for 14 years.
1,081,704	Dec. 16, 1913	Screw Driver	John H. Shaw	New Haven, CT	The patent describes an oval screw driver handle with a metal core and wood side plates. The shank of the screwdriver fits in a socket in the metal handle core. One of the rivets holding the side plates also holds the shank of the screwdriver. Know samples marked with Patent Date and 'Hercules'
1,090,225	Mar. 17, 1914	Lateral Adjuster for Low-Angle Blockplane	Albert A. Page	New Haven, CT
1,100,770	Jun. 23, 1914	Rabbet Plane	Albert A. Page	New Haven, CT	Patent primarily claims the extendible frontpiece. Used on the distinctive ladybug (sometimes called beetle-bug) rabbet planes, the Sargent #1506, #1506 1/2, #1507, #1507 1/2, #1508, #1508 1/2, #1509, #1509 1/2. Misprinted date in Dave Heckel's guide.
1,102,689	Jul. 07, 1914	Framing Square	Henry B. Sargent	New Haven, CT	Patent is for the graduation and table arrangement. References that one of the arrangements is the same as Roberts Patent No. 651,057. Patent marked on Sargent 500CR square (pic 2) along with Roberts JUN 5, 1900 patent (pic 3)
1,104,454	Jul. 21, 1914	Plane	William E. Sparks	New Haven, CT
1,106,401	Aug. 11, 1914	Saw Vise	Albert A. Page	East Haven, CT
D46,446	Sep. 22, 1914	Design for a Plane Body	Albert A. Page	East Haven, CT	Used on early models of the Sargent #160, #161, and #162 family of roughing (more commonly known as scrub) planes. Sargent switched to a conventional style of scrub plane with wooden tote and knobs after the cast ones proved to be easily broken in a fall. The #162 model has two cutters side-by-side and is a rare and valuable plane.
1,124,325	Jan. 12, 1915	Bench-Plane	Albert A. Page	New Haven, CT	Sargent #700 series of Automatic planes, known as the Auto-Set planes. Another patent 1151301 also covers these planes. The Auto-set series have a complex adjuster mechanism that permits the blade to be kept at a constant depth setting before and after sharpening. The blades on Auto-set planes are very thin, and not nearly as robust as regular blades. Replacement blades are very hard to find. Planes in this series were available in sizes 707 through 722, (wherein the last two digits correspond to the length of the plane, similar to Millers Falls), and included a corrugation option. The planes have a distinctive profile with a sloping side. From 1916 to 1924 the tote and knob were East India Mahogany, and from 1925 to 1947 they are listed as mahogany. Dave Heckel in "Sargent Planes - Identification and Value Guide" states that the VBM era (until 1918) Auto-sets have vertical knurling on the screws, and later era planes have diamond-shaped knurling. He reports an early variation having a levercap with a triangular shaped piece to control the cutter depth setting. It has markings of 1-2-3 to indicate depth setting. The levercap acts as a chipbreaker. The longer models of the Auto-Set planes (Nos. 718 and 722) are equipped with a tilting front knob described as, "high, to give a full grip for the hand and is adjustable so that the user my regulate the position of the Knob, bringing it closer to the handle or further away, as he may prefer. This feature makes it convenient for use by carpenters with long or short arms and allows fhe forward hand plenty of clearance when the Plane is used close up to a projecting surface." This design precedes the Gage auto-set design, and is sometimes confused with it.
1,149,703	Aug. 10, 1915	Tilting Knob for Auto-Set Benchplanes	Bertel F. Vaughn	West Haven, CT	Used on the larger Sargent Auto-set benchplanes #718 and #722. The planes were patented by 1124325 and 1151301.
1,151,301	Aug. 24, 1915	Bench-Plane	William E. Sparks	New Haven, CT	A refinement of 1124325 for Sargent Auto-Set benchplanes. The Auto-Set series have a complex adjuster mechanism that permits the blade to be kept at a constant depth setting before and after sharpening. See 1124325 for more details on the Auto-Set planes.
1,164,232	Dec. 14, 1915	Plane	William E. Sparks	New Haven, CT	Sargent #4206 and #5206 "light and unbreakable" steel blockplanes produced from 1913 to 1918. It was a day for steel planes as Stanley patented their steel benchplane 1164615 this day as well.
1,166,437	Jan. 04, 1916	Cutter Adjuster for Combination Plane	Herbert G. Collins	New Haven, CT	The double-notched cutter adjustment used on Sargent #1080 and #1085 combination planes.
1,213,552	Jan. 23, 1917	Plane	William E. Sparks	New Haven, CT	Sargent #2204 steel pocket blockplane.
1,459,216	Jun. 19, 1923	Floor Scraper	Frank I. Kimball	West Haven, CT	The last of Sargent's plane patents.
1,823,383	Sep. 15, 1931	Plane	Roy S. Newton	New Haven, CT	This plane has an adjustable bed angle.
		Plane	John H. Weller	New Haven, CT
D137,230	Feb. 08, 1944	Design for a Carpenter's Plane	Samuel Oxhandler	Flushing, NY	Samuel Oxhandler's design for a bench plane was done for the Sargent Company of New Haven, Connecticut. It was later cited as a reference in the design patent for the Millers Falls Buck Rogers plane 159339, which borrows heavily from the original.
2,449,015	Sep. 07, 1948	Rabbet Plane	Herbert G. Shaw	Derby, CT