| US Patent: 217,082 
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| Device For Forming And Inserting Rings In The Noses of Hogs | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Ozia A. Essig (exact or similar names) - Canton, OH |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jan. 15, 1879 |  
| Granted: | Jul. 01, 1879 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Ozia A. Essig patent July 1, 1879 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | This hog-ring pliers is designed to form a common horse-shoe nail into a hog ring and crimp it into place. This is a two stage operation, with the nail first bent around the circular lug to start the curve, and then inserted in a fashion similar to other hog-rings.
A known example is marked only PAT'D 1879. |  |