US Patent: 1,175,391 - Improvement in Pliers


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US Patent: 1,175,391

Improvement in Pliers

Patentee:

Charles N. Waterhouse (exact or similar names) - St. Louis, MO

USPTO Classifications:

81/412

Tool Categories:

pliers

Assignees:

Buffum Tool Co. - St. Louis, MO

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Wells L. Church

George Bakewell

Patent Dates:
Applied:	May 18, 1914
Granted:	Mar. 14, 1916

Patent Pictures:

Charles N. Waterhouse patent March 14, 1916

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Description:

The pliers includes provisions for screwdriver, wire cutter, cotter puller, and tank key for acetylene lighting system tank. The unique feature is the "butterfly" head shape of head of the pivot bolt which allows the two halves to be separated without removing the bolt.