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February 2010 Update
L – 10” extended, 8-1/8” compressed. A 1-7/8” stroke. Flat on side of large section of handle, tine dia. 0.185", Large screw on end of handle to change spring or the pick. Small area of platting remains. Comparison of two similar picks. The screw head on the platted pick is recessed and the other is protruding. The diameter of the pick on the platted pick is 0.25”, whereas the other is only 0.185”
L – 7-1/2’, Thick pick – 0.25” diameter. No markings.
L – 7-7/8”, No markings.
L – 7-1/2”, No markings
L – 7-7/8”, No markings.
L – 8-7/8”, STANLEY, SW in a heart, MADE IN USA, HURWOOD marked on the ferrule. Ferrule is 1-1/4’ long.
L – 9-1/4”, No markings.
L – 8-1/2”, Appears to be home made. No markings
L – 7-7/8”, MYERS & MYERS ICE on one side of the handle and 310 South Potomac St. Waynesboro, Pa. Phone 601J & 47W on the other side. Barrel shaped handle with two flats on opposite sides.
L – Red – 8-1/4”, Others – 10”, Handle Dia – 1-1/3” Appears to be home made. No Markings.
L – 8”, Extended – 11-1/4”, EJECTRA CORK AND ICE CRUSHER on the literature. This is a small hand pump used to remove the cork from wine bottles and the ball on the end of the pump handle used to crush ice. The needle can be removed and the parts stowed in the small carrying case.
L – Both are 5-1/2”, Brass. INDIA stamped on the top center of the head of both tools. Top one is slightly thicker than the other. .
Corkscrew stowed	Corkscrew exposed
H – Both are 5-1/2”, Both are the same except for some markings. The corkscrew is stowed in the cavity between the wings and is hinged out for use. The left item has NEGBAUR on the left side of the claws/feet and PAT’D with a “C” around an A over an T in the bottom of the cavity where the corkscrew is stowed, whereas the right item has only PAT’D NE in the bottom of the cavity.
Patent 234,397 Issued Nov 16, 1880 H – 12”, CHANDLER'S ICE CUTTING MACHINE, SPRINGFIELD, MASS. PAT. NOV. 16, '80 on both sides of the ice cutting chamber. Metal container to catch the cut ice is 6-3/4” long, 4” wide, 5-1/2’ high. The handle is attached to the shaft connected to the small gear. Both the cutting machine and the container is cover with unknown material. Some of which is worn off at areas where the items would have been frequently handled. Don’t know if it is paint or some other substance. I feel pretty sure it isn’t corrosion, because I was able to scrape some of it off with my finger nail.
L – 13-1/8”, Spread – 12-1/4’, D HENDERSON DALLAS TEX on one side of tong leg just below the pivot point and PAT P on the other side. Single handle shaped tubular steel and has flat plate extensions on each end with a slot to allow handle to slide.		L – 13-3/4”, Spread – 9-1/4”, The handle is rolled flat steel. The tong legs are made of flat steel 0.20” thick and 1” wide at the pivot. No markings.
L -12-1/2”, Spread – 11”, Wood handle and single chain link between handle wire tab end and top of each tong leg. No markings.	L – 12”, spread – 13-1/2”, Two “T” type handles. 4STAATSBURG stamped on one tong just below the pivot and HFORET scratched on both sides of the tongs.
L – 16”, spread – 15”, The two handles are in plane with the tongs. Hand made from 0.32”X0.50” steel stock and formed to shape. See how each handle is configured.	Comparison of two similar ice tongs. The one on the left is cast and joined by a nut and bolt at the pivot while the one on the right is hand worked flat stock and joined at the pivot with a rivet. Don’t know which came first???? Was the hand worked tongs a model for the cast tongs or a blacksmith saw the cast tongs and made the tongs from bar stock!
L – 7”, "JAPAN" on the ring around the plunger tube near the small wood cap. Shipping/sales box with "ICE CLAW" in the top. Short wood cap on the top of the plunger tube.
Design Patent D0105,437, Issued Apr. 27, 1937 and Patent 2,127,262 Issued Aug. 16, 1938 L – 12”, W-3-1/8”, H-2-2/3”, SERV-ICE ICE CUBE CUTTER MANUFACTURED UNDER PATENT NO. 2127262 MADE IN US OF AMERICA stamped on the top of the water chamber.

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January 2010 Update
L – 7-1/2” including the protective cover. This ice pick is new and still in the sales wrapping. It has a metal cap with six sides and the edge is flared and scalloped. A wood sheath to protect the tine. No markings.
L – 7”, Appears the metal cap is missing. Brass Ferrule. No markings.
L – 10-1/4”, Brass ferrule, very deep valleys between points. No markings.
Design Patent D86,599 Issued Mar 29,1932 Height – 10-5/6”, "LIGHTNING" ICE CUBE BREAKER on the front of the hopper, "LIGHTNING" REG.U.S.PAT OFF ICE CUBE BREAKER NORTH BROS. MFG. CO. PHILA, PA. U.S.A. PAT. 86599 OTHERS PEND. MADE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA on the top of the base plate, 104A on the underside of the base plate and 104B on the side of the chrome stand near the base plate. Chrome or nickel plated hopper and stand, green base and crank arm, and a red handle.
Design Patent D86,599 Issued Mar 29,1932 to Thomas J. Fegley and George O. Leopold of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Design for an Ice Cube Breaker The intent for this invention is a new, original and ornamental Design
Height – 10-5/6”, "LIGHTNING" ICE CUBE BREAKER on the front of the hopper, "LIGHTNING" REG.U.S.PAT OFF ICE CUBE BREAKER NORTH BROS. MFG. CO. PHILA, PA. U.S.A. PAT. 86599 OTHERS PEND. MADE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA on the top of the base plate, 104A on the underside of the base plate and 104B on the side of the chrome stand near the base plate. Chrome or nickel plated hopper and stand, green base and crank arm, and a red handle.	Design Drawing
These Items were previously listed and Corrections or Additions are being made.
L = 8-1/2”, This chipper was listed earlier and the marking is in error. BROWNE ICE CHISEL, BROWNE, LINE should read KEENO ICE CHISEL, BROWNE, LINE.
L – 4-1/2”, DALLAS ICE & FUEL CO. on one side of handle and WAKEFIELD on the opposite side……… This item was previously listed. The following info is being added: Mr. Robert Wakefield, great-grandson of an early president of Dallas Ice and Fuel Company, provided the following information: Mr. Charles L. Wakefield moved from Chicago, where he worked for Chicago Telephone Company, to Dallas in 1893. In Dallas, he was involved in the development and construction of electrical line systems which included the construction of an electrical plant and an innovative two-phase electrical system for an ice plant. Charles eventually became president of the Dallas Ice and Fuel Company around the turn of the century and continued in the ice and electrical business until his death in 1938.

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December 2009 Update
L – 8”, The Metal cap is six sided with 3/16th flared edge. Handle has six flats at the top and rounded near the waist and to the bottom. No markings.
L – 7”, Nude woman shape along handle of hammer with an ice pick, crusher on the head and a cap lifter at the end of the handle. Tool made of pewter. No markings.
L – 7-3/8” , Plunger type, DEPOSE stamped on one side of one tong, 7 small teeth on outer end of each tong.
L – 5-3/8”, W – 2” , H – 2”, PAGOEL HECHO EN MEXICO on the lid top. Made of Aluminum.
H (Including wheel) – 13”, W (including handle) -11-1/2” , ALASKA ICE CRUSHER WINCHENDON, MASS NO 1, on side of hopper, IC-31on the wheel, 20, 21 on opposite sides of the inside bottom of the hopper. The wheel and supports have been replaced with new castings. Be careful of replacement parts on antiques.
Patent 608,848 Issued Aug. 9, 1898 L – 16-1/4”, Spread – 11-1/4”, A spring clip mechanism latches over the horizontal section of the lower portion of the handle assembly and retains the tongs in the open position. There are no markings. The latching mechanism is not exactly as show in the patent drawing but it and all the other features meet the intent of the invention.
Patent 608,848 Issued Aug. 9, 1898 to Isaac L. Edwards, of Aurora, Illinois. Ice-Tongs The object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of tongs for handling block ice. The primary feature is a mechanism to retain the tongs in the open position until needed for use and the ability to operate the tongs with a single hand.
L – 16-1/4”, Spread – 11-1/4”, A spring clip mechanism latches over the horizontal section of the lower portion of the handle assembly and retains the tongs in the open position. There are no markings. The latching mechanism is not exactly as show in the patent drawing but it and all the other features meet the intent of the invention.	Patent Drawing

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November 2009 Update
L – 8-3/4”, STANLEY MADE IN USA on the ferrule. Ferrule l - 1.25". Two (2) flats on opposite sides of handle.
L – 8-5/8”, GILCHRIST stamped on the ferrule. Tip filed to screw driver shape,
L – 8-3/4”, One large and two smaller groves around the handle at the large diameter. Pick is 0.30” diameter. No markings.
L – 7-3/4”, Bladed point with cap lifter and another cap lifter with one tab at end of handle, LITTLE ROCK BOTTLING CO. PHONE 4-1469 on one side of handle flat area and DRINK Dr. Pepper on other side of handle flat area. PAT APL'D FOR on the flat blade above the cap lifter.
L – 6-1/2”, WOLF'S PREMIUM FLOUR ALWAYS GOOD on both sides of the flat area in the handle and PAT'D on both sides of flat area at the point. Three tabs positioned in the center of the wire making the cap lifter.
L – 7-1/2”, (8” encased). Ice pick has a tapered handle and a protective sleeve for the tine when not in use. No markings.
L – 8-1/4”, Hand carving of old mans face in handle. Missing the ferrule.
L – 9-5/8”, ICY-O cast in the support between the handle and the picks. This metal is non-magnetic. Ferrule is missing. ICY-O was the company that made drink bottle dispensers and vending machines for Coca Cola Bottling as far back as the 1920s.
Patent No. 2,070,773 Issued Feb. 12, 1937 L – 12-1/4”, PAT NO. 2070773, on outside rear of the ice cube catcher. Metal portion is very dark like it may have been in a fire and the handle may have been changed??? Handle is barrel shaped. The handle on salesman’s example of this type chipper states the handles are available in red, green and yellow. This is the only I have seen with one of these colors. Whether it’s the original handle or not I can not tell, but I am a little suspicious.
Patent No. 314,723 Issued Mar, 31,1885 L – 7-1/4”, Two point, E. ROGERS (Patentee) PAT’D MAR 31-85 stamped on the blade near the hammer end.
L – 7-3/4”, Bowl Diameter – 3”, T.R. HALL BURLINGTON N.C. on the underside of the handle. Single smooth adjustable blade. Single smooth adjustable blade.
The ACW logo on this shave has been incorrectly identified as AG Wagner. Thanks to Robert Rauhauser it will be corrected to A. C. Williams Co. of Ravenna, Ohio.			Patent 466,549 Issued Jan. 5, 1892 L – 10”, Combination Ice Tool with a hatchet, five pointed shave/chisel and hammer on the top, an ice pick between the legs which is a handle/ice tongs.
Patent D 147,732 Issued Oct. 21, 1947 L – 6-3/4”, PAT PEND on the edge of the cap lifter, woodpecker neck and head shaped hammer with an ice pick, crusher on the head and a cap lifter at the end of the handle.
9-1/4” Square X 1-1/4” high TRADE MARK "MAKUBE" PAT. PENDING, John W. Toyne, 1017 De Maude Ave. South Bend, Ind. plus the instructions how to use the tray is shown on the badly deteriorated carton container (left Picture). The MAKUBE has 49 squares to form ice cubes and MAKUBE” on the bottom of the cube cutter. There is a small hole in the bottom of the cutter to allow air to escape when the cutter sinks into the block of ice.
Patent D 113,016 Issued Jan. 24, 1939 and Patent 2,208,040 Issued July 16, 1940 H – 10-1/4”, MADE BY DAZEY CORPORATION ST. LOUIS, MO USA PAT.NO 2,208,040, D-113,016 MODEL 160 on inside of lid. Paper label on top of lid DAZEY ICE CRUSHER, DAZEY CORPORATION ST. LOUIS, MO. USA. Adjustable feature on side of crusher to allow for different size chips. The top, handle arm and hopper are aluminum with a plastic bottom to catch the crushed ice.
Patent 578,215 Issued Mar. 2, 1897 L – 15-1/2”, Spread – 14-1/2”, PATD MAR 2, 97 & 14 on one side of the tong leg. Patent date also on the four links between the handle and the tong legs, Double action pivot.			L – 16-1/4”, Spread – 12-3/4”, VIVIAN on one leg below the pivot, link between handle and legs.
Patent 1,194,838 Issued Aug. 15, 1916 L – 12”, Large flat metal plate with working tools on each edge, Moveable blade for ICE SHAVER, MEAT TENDERER on one edge, PAT AUG 15, 1916, BRIDGE CUTLERY CO, ST LOUIS USA on the blade just above the handle. CLEAVER along the slightly curved edge of the blade. MINCING EDGE on the blade along the curved edge furthest from the handle. Each of the markings is shown to the right.		CAP LIFTER Lower left corner.
		MEAT TENDERER Left side
		MINCING EDGE Top edge of main blade, under ICE SHAVER attachment.
		ICE SHAVER Attached blade extending to the top.
		CLEAVER Right side.
		BRIDGE CUTLERY CO ST. LOUIS U.S.A. PAT. AUG. 15, 1916 Lower right corner.
Patent D 147,732 Issued Oct. 21, 1947 to Larry Lachman, of Beverly Hills, Calif. Combined Bottle Opener and Ice Pick This is a new, original and ornamental design for a combination Bottle opener and Ice pick as shown in the patent drawing.
L – 6-3/4”, PAT PEND on the edge of the cap lifter, woodpecker neck and head shaped hammer with an ice pick, crusher on the head and a cap lifter at the end of the handle.			Patent Drawing
Patent D 113,016 Issued Jan. 24, 1939 to Jean Otis Reinecke of Chicago, Ill and Patent 2,208,040 Issued July 16, 1940 to George J. Moeller of St. Louis, Mo. Design for an Ice Crushing Machine Invention of a new, original and ornamental Design for an Ice Crushing machine as shown in the drawings. Ice Crusher This invention relates to an ice crushing machine adapted for breaking small ice cubes into particles of suitable size for cooling beverages or other household uses. The design defines a structure that has completely water-tight chamber for the crushing the ice cubes, has a removable portion that contains a chamber to hold the crushed ice particles. The crusher can be readily mounted to the wall to ease surface space on the counter and the crusher can be easily remover from the wall for cleaning and storage. There is a simple adjustment to vary the size of the ice particles.
H – 10-1/4”,	Patent drawings
MADE BY DAZEY CORPORATION ST. LOUIS, MO USA PAT.NO 2,208,040, D-113,016 MODEL 160 on inside of lid. Paper label on top of lid DAZEY ICE CRUSHER, DAZEY CORPORATION ST. LOUIS, MO. USA. Adjustable feature on side of crusher to allow for different size chips. The top, handle arm and hopper are aluminum with a plastic bottom to catch the crushed ice.
Patent 466,549 Issued Jan. 5, 1892 to Frank R. Woodward, of Hill, New Hampshire. Combination Ice-Tool This invention comprises various ice preparing or cutting tools for economy and convenience. The tools include a hammer, hatchet, serrated chisel, an ice pick and the arms act as a handle and ice tongs.
L – 10”, Combination Ice Tool with a hatchet, five pointed shave/chisel and hammer on the top, an ice pick between the legs which is a handle/ice tongs.			Patent Drawing

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