Simon Fairman (1792–1857) of
West Stafford, Connecticut, is credited as having invented the scroll-type
lathe
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chuck
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in 1830; his son-in-law,
Austin F. Cushman invented the
self-centering Cushman Universal Chuck. He was issued a patent for his design by the US Patent Office on July 18, 1840.
[http://pimg-fpiw.uspto.gov/fdd/92/016/000/0.pdf ]
See also
*
Austin F. Cushman
References
1792 births
1857 deaths
19th-century American inventors
People from Stafford, Connecticut
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