US Patent: 1,159,641 
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| Hand Tool
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	        Patentee:
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 | William Alexander Bernard (exact or similar names) - New Haven, CT |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
May 26, 1915 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Nov. 09, 1915 | 
 
 
 
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William A. Bernard patent Nov. 9, 1915  |  
 
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        Description: |  
| The patent covers a feature to keep cutter jaws "centered" in tools like bolt cutters. The feature is a spring-tensioned roller between the  extended "handle" portion of the jaws and the block holding the fulcrum points for the tool's handles.  |  
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