US Patent: 87,491 
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| Improvements in Ice-tongs
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 | Randolph Hayden (exact or similar names) - Middletown, CT |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Mar. 02, 1869 | 
 
 
 
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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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