| US Patent: 256,525 
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| Method of and Implement For Uniting the Ends of Belting | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | William M. Whiting (exact or similar names) - Elizabeth, NJ |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jul. 15, 1881 |  
| Granted: | Apr. 18, 1882 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | William M. Whiting patent April 18, 1882 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | This pliers type tool has a set of jaw faces that compress the belting and impress ring grooves, and a second set of jaw faces that hold the threaded ferule that forms the splice. 
Canadian patent CA-12,953 granted June 11, 1881 and British patent GB-188102477 registered June 7, 1881 encompass the pincers, tubular clasp, and their inter-relationship. 
An 1883 catalog listing for the pincers and clasp cites Whiting's Sept. 21, 1880 patent (232,428). |  |