US Patent: 87,491
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Improvements in Ice-tongs
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Patentee:
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Randolph Hayden (exact or similar names) - Middletown, CT |
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Patent Dates:
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Granted: |
Mar. 02, 1869 |
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Patent 87,491 - edited drawing |
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Stan Schulz
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Description: |
The patent emphasizes using malleable iron, the internal spring, and processes to achieve the finished product.
A circa 1881 ad notes the internal spring tended to keep the tongs closed, enabling carrying an ice block single-handed. |
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