Okay, here goes -

The patent dates on Brian's c1905 miter box:

01/12/04, Justus Traut
   Saw guide and carrier (749,242)
03/15/04, Justus Traut
   Foreguide for holding work (754,624)
   Carrier adjustable for saw-blades of varying thickness (754,625)
08/02/04, Francis Richards
   Release mechanism (766,384)
   Clamp for worktables and miter boxes (766,790)
   Saw mechanism, locking, precisionizer, rock shaft union, frame, saw 
guide, etc. (766,791 - 766,799 inclusive)
09/27/04, Justus Traut
   Pivoting arm, bolt locking device (770,834)

The four patent dates in my c1912 miter box:

03/15/04 and 08/02/04 per above plus

10/05/09, Edmund Schade
   Miter box saw support (935,694)
01/02/12, Edmund Schade
   Improved adjusting device for saw carriers and guides (1,013,319)

NOTE: the patent dates are on the front casting, label is mounted to the 
right end of the frame noting The Stanley Rule & Level Company.

Tom's restored 358 has no patent dates on the casting and the label is 
mounted there instead (with Stanley notched logo saying Stanley Rule & Level 
Plant, The Stanley Works). It also has the length stop, patented 10/31/16 by 
Edmund Schade and Christian Bodmer (1,042,976).

There is one more pertinent patent by Austin Stowell dated 03/27/34 
(1,952,518) for a feature that causes the saw blade to be automatically 
raised clear of the table if the swivel is disengaged and roller bearings 
carried by the saw guides.

So figure Type 1 (1905), Type II (1912), Type III (1916) and perhaps Type IV 
(1934). I'd be interested in knowing if anyone has one with the features 
covered by the 1934 patent.

Dennis Heyza
Macomb MI 

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