| US Patent: 156,054 
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| Hog-Ringing Pliers Snout-Jewel Pliers
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Joseph Burger (exact or similar names) - Fairbury, IL |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Mar. 30, 1874 |  
| Granted: | Oct. 20, 1874 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Joseph Burger patent Oct. 20, 1874 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The plier jaws hold a gripper and anvil block to force a wire staple type "ring" through the cartilage of a hog's nose. Improves patent no. 147,367 granted Febr. 10, 1874. (For the "staple" compare pat. no.47,329.) |  |