| US Patent: 144,862 
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| Improvement in Hose-Coupling Spanners | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Lewis Pond (exact or similar names) - Foxborough, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Oct. 31, 1873 |  
| Granted: | Nov. 25, 1873 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Lewis Pond Pat. Nov. 25, 1873 |  Google Patents
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                        Stan Schulz
 
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| Description: |  | The tongs-type wrench grips lugs on hose-couplings. The tool could also be used to drag or carry hose. The gap between the handles is to facilitate opening them, as described in the specifications.
Corresponding Canadian patent no. CA-3,440 was issued May  13, 1874. |  |