| US Patent: 1,234,838 
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| Leaf Spring Spreader | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Archibald F. Weise (exact or similar names) - Chicago, IL |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Dec. 01, 1916 |  
| Granted: | Jul. 31, 1917 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Archibald F. Weise patent July 31, 1917 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | Size adjustment by a knurled nut -- spring spread accomplished by wedges; one of which is activated by a cam-ended lever. 
Weise announced this tool to the trade in early 1918; it is not clear that he'd actually begun production. |  |