US Patent: 499,638 
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| Pliers
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	        Patentee:
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 | Luther E. Mellen (exact or similar names) - Middlebury, VT |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Nov. 19, 1892 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Jun. 13, 1893 | 
 
 
 
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Luther E. Mellen patent June 13, 1893  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The helper springs hold these pliers closed; the jaws include side cutters, longitudinal and transverse gripping notches.  The pliers has an open throat, and may include a tack claw on the end of a handle. |  
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