| US Patent: 219,504 
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| Pinchers | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Jacob Obrist (exact or similar names) - Au Sable Forks, NY |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Mar. 17, 1879 |  
| Granted: | Sep. 09, 1879 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Jacob Obrist patented September 9, 1879 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The design is to hold carpet tacks, furniture tacks and similar small items.  The boss on the upper jaw is to receive a hammer blow.  After a setting blow, this pinchers could be withdrawn allowing the nailing to be completed.  The tack claw in one handle end is not mentioned in the specifications. |  |