| US Patent: 143,908 
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| Pipe-Wrenches Improved Pipe-Wrench
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| Patentee: |  |
 | David D. Ingram (exact or similar names) - Manistee, MI |  
 
| USPTO Classifications: |  | 81/98 |  
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jul. 08, 1873 |  
| Granted: | Oct. 21, 1873 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | David D. Ingram Pat. Oct. 21, 1873 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | A pivoting toothed cam in the "fixed" jaw creates the wedging action needed to turn pipe. The specifications note the pipe wrench could be combined with a "traditional" nut wrench on the opposite side of the shank. |  |