https://www.datamp.org/ Recently added patents en-us https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=16062&pn=RE11,868 Pliers Patentee: William Alexander Bernard - New Haven CT Granted:1900-11-06

The patent is for a pliers formed from a pair of steel stampings. It includes a return spring inside the handles. The specifications note parallel foreign patents. Wm. Schollhorn Co. produced a lower priced LODI pliers and a higher priced PARAGON pliers based on the original patent and this reissue. The patent dates appear on Bernard PARAGON Reservoir Ticket Punches, and other PARAGON pliers. Some known examples include wire cutters, viz. 526,480.
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