US Patent: 557,810 
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| Button Setting Machine
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	        Patentees:
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 | William C. Holder (exact or similar names) - Arkadelphia, AR |  
| Clarence E. Reed (exact or similar names) - Arkadelphia, AR |  
 
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  
| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Jul. 15, 1895 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Apr. 07, 1896 | 
 
 
 
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William C. Holder and Clarence E. Reed patent April 7, 1896  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| Pliers / tongs type tool with one jaw formed to hold interchangeable ratchet-advancing rotating magazine holding shoe buttons, and the other jaw having staple leg bending grooves. A pawl advances the magazine wheel one notch each time the jaws close |  
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