| US Patent: 468,005 
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| Compound Pliers | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Frederick Newitt (exact or similar names) - Kansas City, MO |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | May 22, 1891 |  
| Granted: | Feb. 02, 1892 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Frederick Newitt patent February 2, 1892 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The tool consists of two pairs of clamping pliers connected by a pivot.  In use, the clamping pliers are locked on to ends of a wire, which ends are then twisted together.
The specifications describe this action in the context of constructing wire-bound boxes. |  |