US Patent: 653,364 
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Pliers Improvements in Jewelers' Pliers.
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	        Patentee:
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 | Giovanni B. Pittavino (exact or similar names) - New York, NY |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Sep. 13, 1899 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Jul. 10, 1900 | 
 
 
 
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Giovanni B. Pittavino patent July 10, 1900  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The adjusting screw in the handle will "lock" the jaws, enabling the pliers to act as a hand vise. The specifications describe this in terms of the pliers in patent no. 427,220. |  
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