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Manufacturers Index - H. M. Quackenbush

H. M. Quackenbush
Herkimer, NY, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
165,425 Jul. 13, 1875 Improvement in metal-turning lathes Henry M. Quackenbush Herkimer, NY "This invention has reference to the construction of the head-stock of turning-lathes or other analogous machines, or the method of mounting the arbor therein, the purpose of the invention being to obtain such a construction of parts as will enable a tight and close bearing to be insured at all times with little labor and trouble and to provide a lathe at very small cost, which the extreme simplicity of my plan enables me to do."
172,052 Jan. 11, 1876 Improvement in scroll-sawing machines Henry M. Quackenbush Herkimer, NY
404,016 May. 28, 1889 Nut Cracker Henry M. Quackenbush Herkimer, NY Cylindrical levers with gripping surfaces which pivot from a common connector. The structure reduces risk of pinching fingers during the process of cracking nuts.
Aug. 10, 1909 patent no. 930,796 adds a revised link structure including a spring to help open the handles, as reflected in the 2nd image shown here.
Quackenbush is listed as a manufacturer of nut picks, nut crackers, air rifles, treadle lathes, etc. in the 1899 "Seeger & Guernsey's Cyclopedia of the Manufactures and Products of the United States." A local history notes he started his manufacturing business in 1871.
Quackenbush nut cracker / nut pick sets bearing a HMQ trade mark were still marketed in the late 20th Century.