US Patent: 601,929 - Wire Splicing Pliers


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US Patent: 601,929

Wire Splicing Pliers

Patentee:

Robert Beatty (exact or similar names) - Tarentum, PA

USPTO Classifications:

140/121, 140/51

Tool Categories:

pliers

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Aug. 04, 1897
Granted:	Apr. 05, 1898

Patent Pictures:

Robert Beatty patent April 5, 1898

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Description:

The pliers has transverse groves in one jaw, with an extension on the other jaw to catch the end of a second wire, to form a "lineman's splice." The spring to open the jaws when the grip is relaxed is part of the patent.

The pliers would be used with a holding device such as the clamp shown in the drawing.