| US Patent: 59,582 
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| Wrench Improvement in Pipe-Tongs
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Moses H. Freeman (exact or similar names) - Somerville, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Granted: | Nov. 13, 1866 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Moses H. Freeman Pat. Nov. 13, 1866 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | One of a series of grooves in shank with the "hook" jaw engages a tooth adjacent to the "tooth" jaw to adjust the size of this pipe tongs. A clasp piece holds the two levers together, and makes it easy to take them apart for sharpening. 
FREEMAN"S PIPE TONGS (no illustration) appears in the 1870 WALWORTH catalog / price list adjacent to the price list for FREEMAN's PIPE CUTTER [viz patents 74,527 and 116,210]. |  |