US Patent: 49,424 
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Improved Gas-Fitter's Clamp or Wrench Improvement in Gas-Fitter's Tongs
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	        Patentee:
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 | Andrew B. Lipsey (exact or similar names) - New York, NY |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Jun. 09, 1865 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Aug. 15, 1865 | 
 
 
 
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Andrew B. Lipsey  Pat. Aug. 15, 1865  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| This tongs type pipe wrench has one "leg" passing through a slot in the other.  The slotted "leg" has a hook jaw and "teeth" on the edge of the slot.  The other "leg" has a gripping tooth on the end, and teeth on the back side that engage the teeth in the slot.   |  
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