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US Patent: 198,709
Pipe-Wrench With Cutter
Patentee:
William E. Thornton (exact or similar names) - Philadelphia, PA

USPTO Classifications:
30/94, 81/185.2, 81/423

Tool Categories:
wrenches : pipe wrenches : pipe tongs

Assignees:
Pancoast and Maule - Philadelphia, PA

Manufacturer:
Pancoast and Maule - Philadelphia, PA

Witnesses:
F. J. Masi
Villette Anderson
Allen H. Gangewer
Geo. C. Shelmerdine

Patent Dates:
Applied: Nov. 16, 1877
Granted: Dec. 25, 1877

Patent Pictures:
William E. Thornton patent December 28, 1877
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Description:
The patent describes a tongs with interchangeable adjustable pipe cutter and pipe gripping bits. The tongs handles can be held in the closed position by a link with a set-screw.

Produced as Thornton's Adjustable Pipe Tongs by Pancoast and Maule. Ken Cope's "American Wrench Makers 1830-1930" cites an 1878 advertisement.

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