| US Patent: 505,815 
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| Nail-Puller | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | George Joseph Capewell (exact or similar names) - Hartford, CT |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Sep. 07, 1892 |  
| Granted: | Oct. 03, 1893 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | George P. Capewell patent October 3, 1893 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The handle also acts as the hammer to close the jaws around the nail to be pulled.  The puller consists of the jaws within a case, a standard and base, and the combination handle / hammer.   A pivoting linkage acts to increase leverage at the beginning of the pull. |  |