| US Patent: 257,982 
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| Nippers For Opening Bottles | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | J. Albert Schmidt (exact or similar names) - New York, NY |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Mar. 16, 1882 |  
| Granted: | May 16, 1882 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | J. Albert Schmidt patent May 16, 1882 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The primary and secondary cutters are for the wire or string holding champagne bottle corks. 
The patent notes it is also the subject of German patent No. 16,578 issued January 9, 1882. |  |