https://www.datamp.org/ Recently added patents en-us https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=40041&pn=429,989 Bending Pliers Patentee: Charles Henry Adams - Mohawk NY Granted:1890-06-10

Specialty pliers designed to align the type-bars of typewriters. The alignment is accomplished by slight bends of the shank of the the type-bars. The same principle could be altered in scale for bending or straightening lighter or heavier metal. They are noted as "Nine prongs" in works on typewriter maintenance and repair. A known unmarked example is seven inches long overall.
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