US Patent: 295,885 
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| Pipe-Tongs
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	        Patentee:
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 | Herbert S. Pullman (exact or similar names) - Rockville, CT |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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Feb. 06, 1884 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Mar. 25, 1884 | 
 
 
 
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Herbert S. Pullman patent March 25, 1884  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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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. |  
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