| US Patent: 139,174 
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| Improved Pipe Tongs | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Frank H. Merrill (exact or similar names) - San Francisco, CA |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Mar. 19, 1873 |  
| Granted: | May 20, 1873 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Frank H. Merrill Pat. May 20, 1873 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | These tongs have a jaw insert adjustable by means of a pawl and teeth. The insert is easily removable for re-sharpening or to be replaced by a pipe-cutter insert. |  |