| US Patent: 998,939 
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| Tool For Operating Upon Cotter Pins | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Edgar M. Worden (exact or similar names) - Ladysmith, WI |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jan. 10, 1911 |  
| Granted: | Jul. 25, 1911 |  
 
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| Description: |  | Specialty pliers, with puller tips, wire cutter notches, and a pin in one jaw that inserts into a slot in the other jaw. The features are to facilitate pulling, straightening, reinserting, and spreading the tips of cotter pins, while allowing normal use as a pliers.  A 1912 write-up notes the tool's utility working on automobiles.
Known example marked, "N.W. Mfg. Co. Fort Atkinson Wis. Makers of High Grade Vehicles and Sleighs" and "E.M. Worden Ladysmith Wis. Pat. July 25, 1911" |  |