US Patent: 62,137 - Improvement in Pipe-Tongs


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US Patent: 62,137

Pipe Wrench
Improvement in Pipe-Tongs

Patentee:

John Johnson (exact or similar names) - Saco, ME

USPTO Classifications:

81/128, 81/406, 81/409.5

Tool Categories:

wrenches : pipe wrenches : pipe tongs

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

F. A. Quinby

Henry C. Houston

William Henry Clifford

Patent Dates:
Granted:	Feb. 19, 1867

Patent Pictures:

John Johnson Pat. Feb. 19, 1867

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Description:

This tongs has an intermediate rotating member with a ratchet and an off-center pin. This feature forms a movable pivot for the handle with the short jaw to adjust the tongs to different pipe sizes.