US Patent: 2,575,630
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| Plier type tile piercing tool
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Patentee:
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| Karl J. Klenk (exact or similar names) - Wilmington, DE |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Aug. 12, 1949 |
| Granted: |
Nov. 20, 1951 |
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Patent Pictures:
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Patent 2,575,630 -- edited drawing |
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Stan Schulz
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Description: |
| Claims: "A tool for piercing roofing tile and like purposes comprising a pair of hand levers pivotally connected together at their front ends, a pair of leverage members in front of said hand levers, a pivot stud pivotally connecting said members at a point In front of the pivotal connection between the hand levers, said members having leverage extensions projecting rearwardly to the hand levers and pivotally connected with the respective hand levers in back of the pivotal connection between the hand levers, companion piercing jaws in front of the hand levers, one of said piercing jaws being pivotally supported on said pivot stud and having a rearwardly extending portion, a second pivot stud pivotally connecting said rearwardly extending portion with the leverage extension of the adjoining member at a point between the first-mentioned pivot stud and the pivotal connection of the leverage extension of that member with the adjoining hand lever, the other piercing jaw being pivotally fulcrumed on said second pivot stud connecting the first jaw with the leverage extension and a link pivotally connected with said second-mentioned Jaw and pivotally connected with the other hand lever, whereby to effect the closing and opening of said Jaws upon closing and opening movements of said hand levers." |
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