US Patent: 509,920 
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| Cutting And Gripping Tool
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	        Patentee:
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 | James Lindsay (exact or similar names) - Waterbury, CT |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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Jul. 25, 1893 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Dec. 05, 1893 | 
 
 
 
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James Lindsay patent December 5, 1893  |  
 
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        Description: |  
| Both the cutting and gripping versions have pivoted jaws connected to compound leverage handles.
Peck, Stow & Wilcox was advertising "Lindsay Cutting Nippers" in the late 1890s. |  
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