| US Patent: 144,734 
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| Cutting Nippers, &c. | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Peter Broadbooks (exact or similar names) - Batavia, Genesee County, NY |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Oct. 17, 1873 |  
| Granted: | Nov. 18, 1873 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Peter Broadbooks patent Nov. 18, 1873 |  Google Patents
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                        Stan Schulz
 Broadbooks Tool Co. (Vintage Machinery)
 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Dec. 26, 1874 on Broadbooks patent (FLICKR)
 
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| Description: |  | Interchangeable jaws fit in a common "stock;" a spring between the jaws open them, and they are operated by a cam ended lever handle. Jaw forms noted include nippers, saw set, shears.
A Dec. 26, 1874 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN article describes tool forms based on this patent, without being clear whether they were being produced. |  |