| US Patent: 2,618,994 
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| Shot Splitting Pliers | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Henry G. Frazee (exact or similar names) - Grand Rapids, MI |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | May 20, 1949 |  
| Granted: | Nov. 25, 1952 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Henry G. Frazee patent November 25, 1952 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | These pliers would split shot for fishing line sinkers, and clamp the shot on the line. It is hard to imagine sufficient demand for this feature to warrant gearing up for manufacture, but one never knows.
The specification note patent numbers 285,910, 675,058, 753,456, 1,290,331, 1,300,495, and 1,389,584 as relevant prior art. |  |