Puller ID? Patrick McDermott

[tms2x2]

I ended up with this in a box from an auction. Manufactured by Patrick McDermott. Any ideas?

 

[RTM]

1946 era from Pop Mech

Patrick-McDermott Co., 415 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles 15, Calif

I can't zoom in on my phone far enough to see where the ad is.

Lots more info here

"patrick mcdermott co" Los Angeles - Google Search

 

[Mintgrun]

I can't zoom in on my phone far enough to see where the ad is.

The ad is at the bottom of the page, but it is for this spinning speed wrench; which is the only tool that comes up for me when I search his name. I borrowed these photos from a current ePay ad.

 

[caseywheels]

Not sure about the size ...but It Looks A lot like my Battery Terminal puller..
(No pic... Cause it's m.i.a.)

 

[RTM]

Funny, that wrench has been on GJ before

Patrick-McDermott manual impact wrench

Got this at closing auction for local garage and towing company, in business since 1955. Marked Patrick-McDermott Co, Los Angeles CA. Never seen anything like it. It’s 3/4 drive and original owner told me he changed a lot of truck tires with it, back in the day.

www.garagejournal.com

Looks they were into aircraft and marine cabling based on the other links. So maybe not battery lugs, but seems credible

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[Mintgrun]

It looks like the jaws have Vs at the ends. The battery terminal pullers I own have flats at the bottom to go under the clamp.

 

[RTM]

But time out. Notice the two different fonts on that I wonder if that was made by somebody else and just marketed by Patrick McDermott

 

[four.cycle]

1942 New Equipment Digest Patrick McDermott ad Jan 1942 pp 4

 

[Ask Harry]

I ended up with this in a box from an auction. Manufactured by Patrick McDermott. Any ideas?

Do you still have this tool? It is part, not all, of an aircraft cable swaging tool. If you are selling, I’m buying!

 

[Provincial]

Cable splicing clamp. Designed for using a thimble to support the eye. This is a portable model, and the tab by the wing nut is designed to be held in a vise. The clamp can then be rotated by loosening the wing bolt that is screwed into the tab.

This is a diagram of a heavier-duty model, but this one works the same way: