US Patent: 506,372 - Pipe Tongs


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US Patent: 506,372

Pipe Tongs

Patentee:

Peter Paulus (exact or similar names) - Milwaukee, WI

USPTO Classifications:

235/133R, 81/186, 81/99

Tool Categories:

wrenches : pipe wrenches

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

M. M. Wiles

E. E. Chapin

John E. Wiles

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Jun. 19, 1893
Granted:	Oct. 10, 1893

Patent Pictures:

Peter Paulus patent October 10, 1893

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Description:

Hook jaw pipe tongs with a tension spring to hold the jaw in gripping position. The toothed gripping face on the main bar can be removed and replaced. Multiple sizes of the toothed gripping face are contemplated. The main bar and gripping face are symmetrical; the jaw can be reversed to allow wear on both sides of the gripping face.