US Patent: 208,440
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| Pipe-Wrench With Cutter
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Patentee:
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| William L. Truland (exact or similar names) - Lansingburgh, NY |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Aug. 21, 1878 |
| Granted: |
Sep. 24, 1878 |
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Patent Pictures:
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William L. Truland patent September 24, 1878 |
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Description: |
| This self-adjusting pipe tongs has an interchangeable cutter jaw. The spring closes the jaws. The cutter is a wedge, and is forced into the pipe by a large wing-nut that bears on the main shank.
The pipe-cutter is the primary focus of the patent. The patent received a write-up in the Nov. 4, 1878 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. |
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