US Patent: 505,815 
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| Nail-Puller
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	        Patentee:
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 | George Joseph Capewell (exact or similar names) - Hartford, CT |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Sep. 07, 1892 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Oct. 03, 1893 | 
 
 
 
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George P. Capewell patent October 3, 1893  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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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. |  
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