US Patent: 273,382
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| Crimping Tongs
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Patentee:
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| Frank R. Packham (exact or similar names) - Mechanicsburg, OH |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Nov. 15, 1882 |
| Granted: |
Mar. 06, 1883 |
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Patent Pictures:
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Frank R. Packham patent March 6, 1883 |
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Description: |
| Specialty tongs with crimper jaws to form tapered crimped ends on sections of sheet metal pipe. The patent includes provision for detachable secondary jaws and two pivot points for the handles to accommodate the differing jaw thickness.
Produced and marketed as PACKHAM'S CRIMPING TONGS with a single pivot and without secondary jaws.
Packham also patented a roller crimper (patent no. 225,636; and improved version 369,876). |
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