US Patent: 22,157
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Wrench
Pipe-Tongs
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Patentee:
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| James R. Brown (exact or similar names) - Boston, MA |
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Patent Dates:
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Nov. 30, 1858 |
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James R. Brown patent Nov. 30, 1858 |
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Stan Schulz
Ashcroft v. Walworth
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Description: |
| Brown's patent pipe tongs had the fulcrum point in a block which could be moved by an adjusting screw. Brown's Pipe Tongs (with later refinements) was a "staple" tool for plumbers etc. for decades. Late 19th & early 20th Century catalog illustrations show a patent extension dated Nov. 30, 1872 -- the Patent Gazette notes it Nov. 19, 1872, antedated to Jan. 10, 1872). Brown patented an "improvement" on July 7, 1868 (Pat. No. 79,724).
Brown became insolvent in 1860; Edward H. Ashcroft subsequently acquired rights to the Brown patent, and filed suit against J.J. Walworth Co., which had a competing claim to the rights and had been marketing Brown's pipe tongs. Ashcroft won the suit [Ashcroft v. Walworth (1872)]. Ashcroft registered his "arm & hammer over the initials EHA" trade mark for the tongs Nov. 7, 1876 (trade mark no. 4102).
From trade ads, etc. it appears other firms may have made and sold Brown's Pipe Tongs. Allan Beach (Boston) late 1860s advertising showed Brown style pipe tongs; he also was assignee of H.H. Gilmore reissue patent RE2283. |
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