US Patent: 159,229 
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Pipe-Wrench Improved Pipe-Tongs
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	        Patentee:
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 | Hiram C. Stouffer (exact or similar names) - Canfield, OH |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Aug. 31, 1874 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Jan. 26, 1875 | 
 
 
 
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Hiram C. Stouffer Pat. January 26, 1875  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The pivot point for the tongs is a large circular bearing that  is incorporated in a movable block that adjusts in relation to one handle by a threaded shank and nut. |  
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