| US Patent: 168,016 
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| Setting Instrument For Attaching Buttons To Clothing | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | David Heaton (exact or similar names) - Providence, RI |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jul. 26, 1875 |  
| Granted: | Sep. 21, 1875 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | David Heaton Pat. September 21, 1875 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | This button pliers is an improvement on Heaton's February 23, 1875 patent (no. 160,056). The specifications describe it as a shoe-button setting instrument. The upper jaw holds the button, and the lower jaw is the anvil that spreads the prongs.
Heaton's related  button patents include nos. 129,474, 133,223, 133,857, 153,220, 168,331, and RE7,193. |  |