| US Patent: 344,012 
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| Button Setting Instrument | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Franklin A. Smith, Jr. (exact or similar names) - Providence, RI |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Feb. 12, 1886 |  
| Granted: | Jun. 22, 1886 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Franklin A. Smith, Jr. patent June 22, 1886 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | Improvement to David Heaton's October 19,1875 button setting pliers patent (no. 168,994). The improvement is alteration in the jaws to insure the "staple" is properly aligned for closure.
Corresponding British patent GB-188608227 was registered June 22, 1886. |  |