US Patent: 295,885 - Pipe-Tongs


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US Patent: 295,885

Pipe-Tongs

Patentee:

Herbert S. Pullman (exact or similar names) - Rockville, CT

USPTO Classifications:

81/412

Tool Categories:

pliers

Assignees:

Charles E. Billings - Hartford, CT

Manufacturer:

Billings & Spencer Co. - Hartford, CT

Witnesses:

Charles L. Burdett

Ed. F. Dimock

W. M. Bjorkman

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Feb. 06, 1884
Granted:	Mar. 25, 1884

Patent Pictures: [ 1 | 2 | 3 ]

Herbert S. Pullman patent March 25, 1884

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Description:

The patent is for the oblong pivot stud and the multiple bearing points connected by slots. This patent is cited in early 20th Century catalog listing for Billings & Spencer slip-joint pliers together with Albert A. Pease's Jan. 25, 1872 patent (no. 172,649).

Later versions of the pliers incorporate wire cutter functions based on patent no. 669,721.