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528,190
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Oct. 30, 1894
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Rapid-acting vise
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Wallace H. Toles |
Chicago, IL |
Seen on a W. C. Toles Co. Nos. 20 and 60 vises. The basic innovation is to use a pair of steel rods to guide the movable vise jaw, reducing wear and friction. This has proved to be the best solution to a long-standing problem and these steel rods are found on virtually every wood vise made today. This patent was improved in patent 613,535. |
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Rapid-acting vise
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Wilford C. Toles |
Chicago, IL |
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613,535
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Nov. 01, 1898
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Bench-vise
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Wilford C. Toles |
Chicago, IL |
Improvements to the vise in patent 528,190.
Seen on a W. C. Toles Co. no. 60 vise. A 1906 Oliver Machinery Co. catalog listed this vise, for $7.50. The no. 50 was a 4.5 inch vise with maple jaws, weighing 37 lbs. The no. 55 also include a one-inch square brass bench stop in the back jaw. The no. 60 had the bench stop in the front jaw. The No. 65 had stops in both jaws. |
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784,050
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Mar. 07, 1905
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School-desk
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James W. Johnston |
Chicago, IL |
Wilford C. Toles was a witness on this patent, and he was the owner of W. C. Toles Co., which is best remembered for their woodworking vises, and in their earlier years they made manual-training furniture for schools, including benches and desks. Toles subsequently patented a school desk design of his own: see patent 827,830. |
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827,830
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Aug. 07, 1906
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School-desk
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Wilford C. Toles |
Irving Park, IL |
The inventor was the owner of woodworking vise manufacturer W. C. Toles Co., which also made school furniture in their early years. See also patent 784,050, another school-desk patent for which Toles was a witness. |