US Patent: 2,113,087 
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| Manually Operated Pressure Tool
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	        Patentee:
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 | John Jensen (exact or similar names) - Rockford, Winnebago County, IL |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Apr. 10, 1937 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Apr. 05, 1938 | 
 
 
 
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                        Joel Havens "Vintage Machinery" entry for Roper Whitney, Inc. 
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        Description: |  
| "The invention relates to manually manipulable pressure tools such as splicing tools for wire, sheet metal shears, punches, and the like." It provides a recirculating ball mechanism to create "free-running antifriction gearing capable of extremely large force multiplication." |  
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