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63747	Nathan Lindsey <nlindsey@i...>	Jun-09-1999	Phillips Trivia
Gentle Ones: With the recent interest in the Phillips Head Screw and associated driver I thought I'd toss this one out. Who knows when and to whom the original patent was awarded for the phillips head screw? Finding the patent Number might be fun too. I'm afraid there's no award/reward for the first correct answer. But, it might be fun to see who can dig up the info. first. I had it on one of my web pages for about a year but have pulled that page down recently for the web site make-over.
63750	Joe and Rhonda DiPietro <laws@m.	Jun-09-1999	Re: Phillips Trivia
Nathan and Gentle Galoots: In my basic patent search for "phillips head screw", this is what I came up with from the US Patent office... 411,190 Sept., 1889 Haines 81/437 This was the earliest date from the search associated with phillips... Joe Nathan Lindsey wrote: > Gentle Ones: > > With the recent interest in the Phillips Head Screw and associated > driver I thought I'd toss this one out. > > Who knows when and to whom the original patent was awarded for the > phillips head screw? Finding the patent Number might be fun too. > > I'm afraid there's no award/reward for the first correct answer. But, it > might be fun to see who can dig up the info. first. > > I had it on one of my web pages for about a year but have pulled that > page down recently for the web site make-over. > -- > Nathan > > MWTCA-EAIA-PAST-SWTCA > > The World's Largest SawSet Collection > http://www.sawsets.com > Ernie Says Hi! > > --