US Patent: 172,649 
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| Improvement in Pipe-Tongs
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	        Patentee:
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 | Albert A. Pease (exact or similar names) - New Haven, CT |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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Nov. 16, 1875 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Jan. 25, 1876 | 
 
 
 
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Albert A. Pease patent January 25, 1876  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The central idea of the the patent is multiple pivot points for tongs, with each handle having similar jaws. The patent was realized as multiple pivot point pliers -- "Pease's Combination Pliers" -- in the 1880s. Pease received another patent for adjustable-pivot tools on January 10, 1882 (pat. no. 252,248). The current patent is also cited together with H.S. Pullman's Mar. 25, 1884 pat. (no. 295,885) on Billings & Spencer pliers marketed early in the 20th Century. |  
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