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#1Some of you might remember a posting from 2008 about a strange and awkward nipper which I got it from the
Swedish police museum in Stockholm.
The bow is marked "Patent" but as the word is the same in several languages, no conclusions about origin
could be made.
Fellow collector Jean-Michel Robin is busy working on his third volume and I'm helping him with photos and
information of rarer restraints.
A few days ago he referred to a Swedish patent he found. I was surprised as I never thought of searching the
Swedish patent database.
I surprisingly found several patents, most of them on nippers. While searching the database, I suddenly found
the patent paperwork on my odd Round Nipper. Judged from condition, I always thought it was manufactured in 1930's
or even later. I was wrong! The patent is issued July 13 1895!!
As for most patents; the final result differ from the drawings. The patent drawing show a chain attached to the
nipper which was excluded in the production version.
I only know of one more specimen, the second one is still stored at the police museum. The inventor, "A. Almquist",
was a creative inventor and he had a few more patents of nippers granted. I doubt any of them were ever manufactured.
I have attached the patent paperwork and again, a photo of the nipper.
Lars
www.holstcollection.com
Swedish police museum in Stockholm.
The bow is marked "Patent" but as the word is the same in several languages, no conclusions about origin
could be made.
Fellow collector Jean-Michel Robin is busy working on his third volume and I'm helping him with photos and
information of rarer restraints.
A few days ago he referred to a Swedish patent he found. I was surprised as I never thought of searching the
Swedish patent database.
I surprisingly found several patents, most of them on nippers. While searching the database, I suddenly found
the patent paperwork on my odd Round Nipper. Judged from condition, I always thought it was manufactured in 1930's
or even later. I was wrong! The patent is issued July 13 1895!!
As for most patents; the final result differ from the drawings. The patent drawing show a chain attached to the
nipper which was excluded in the production version.
I only know of one more specimen, the second one is still stored at the police museum. The inventor, "A. Almquist",
was a creative inventor and he had a few more patents of nippers granted. I doubt any of them were ever manufactured.
I have attached the patent paperwork and again, a photo of the nipper.
Lars
www.holstcollection.com