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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
1,502,840 Jul. 29, 1924 Electric clock Charles L. Beard Lancaster, PA
2,273,376 Feb. 17, 1942 Cutting tool William R. Reynolds Dallas, TX These sheet metal shears were sold by C-B Tool Co. of Lancaster, Pa., as the "Royal Clipper Metal Cutter". It could cut up to 20 gauge steel.
"This invention relates to cutting tools and more particularly to power operated devices for cutting sheet metal in manufacturing and repairing automobile and airplane bodies..."
2,288,385 Jun. 30, 1942 Rivet cutter Charles L. Beard Lancaster, PA This device is intended for cutting rivets in aircraft manufacture and repair.
2,303,814 Dec. 01, 1942 Crimping tool Charles L. Beard Lancaster, PA This crimping device is intended for manufacture and repair of aircraft sheet metal.
2,348,875 May. 16, 1944 Punch and die Charles L. Beard Lancaster, PA This punch and die forms a hole in sheet metal with integral flange to pass a guide cable, and is clearly intended for aircraft manufacture and repair.
2,348,876 May. 16, 1944 Metal cutter Charles L. Beard Lancaster, PA Improvement to the C-B Tool Co. Royal Clipper Metal Cutter of patent 2,273,376.
2,348,877 May. 16, 1944 Rivet cutter Charles L. Beard Lancaster, PA Improvements to patent 2,288,385.
D137,923 May. 16, 1944 Design for a metal cutter Charles L. Beard Lancaster, PA Ornamental design of the metal shearing jaws of patents 2,288,385 and 2,348,876.
D139,505 Nov. 21, 1944 Design for an angle shrinker Charles L. Beard Lancaster, PA
2,363,931 Nov. 28, 1944 Joggling tool Charles L. Beard Lancaster, PA Invention is related to "improvements in offset dies, for forming offset or depressed portions in opposite ends of pieces of metal of angular shape or in form of strips, so that a number of such pieces may be secured together in overlapping uniplanar arrangement." The inventor was the owner of C-B Tool Co., which manufactured tools for the aircraft industry.
2,364,938 Dec. 12, 1944 Angle Shrinker Charles L. Beard Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA
2,383,953 Sep. 04, 1945 Drill guide Charles L. Beard Lancaster, PA This drill guide is primarily intended for drilling out rivets in aircraft repair.
2,393,880 Jan. 29, 1946 Light tool Charles L. Beard Lancaster, PA This tool is intended for removing or replacing fluorescent light tubes. It allows a user to grasp and horizontally twist a light tube to lock or unlock it from the brackets, without having to use a ladder to reach the light fixture.
2,394,741 Feb. 12, 1946 Eccentric driving connection Charles L. Beard Lancaster, PA The invention is "adapted to convert the rotative movement of a drive shaft into the reciprocatory movement of a pump piston, or other part..."
2,408,595 Oct. 01, 1946 Point marker Charles L. Beard Lancaster, PA This tool is intended for transferring hole locations in one sheet of metal to a second sheet, in preparation for riveting the two sheets together, as in forming aircraft skins.
D146,244 Jan. 21, 1947 Design for a germicidal lamp Charles L. Beard Lancaster, PA
2,424,532 Jul. 22, 1947 Eccentric driving connection Charles L. Beard Lancaster, PA The invention is "to convert the rotative movement of a drive shaft into the reciprocatory movement of a pump piston, or other part..."
2,425,913 Aug. 19, 1947 Angle shrinker Charles L. Beard Lancaster, PA This device is adapted for shrinking an angled flange to form a concave curve.
2,434,308 Jan. 13, 1948 Motor operated multiple blade shears Charles L. Beard Lancaster, PA
2,492,515 Dec. 27, 1949 Reel Charles L. Beard Lancaster, PA This reel is intended for a drying or retensioning fishing tackle. The June 1949 issue of Popular Mechanics features this invention, "Winder takes snarls and kinks out of fishing line"; on page 12 the manufacturer is revealed: C-B Tool Co. of Lancaster, Pa.
3,267,973 Aug. 23, 1966 Chain saw bar adjusting device William D. Beard Lancaster, PA