US Patent: 1,159,621 
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| Pliers and Similar Tool
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	        Patentee:
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 | William S. Thomson (exact or similar names) - Plantsville, CT |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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Feb. 04, 1915 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Nov. 09, 1915 | 
 
 
 
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William S. Thomson patent November 9, 1915  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The patent is for the "encased joint" which would allow for a cutting notch to extend almost to the center of the pivot, unless a center pivot pin was incorporated into the joint.
Pliers incorporating this principle were announced in hardware trade journals in mid-1915.
The bearing surfaces of the end-cutting pliers in pat. no. 1,192,021 conform to the concepts in this patent. |  
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