US Patent: 165,271
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Pipe-Tongs
Improvement in Grappling-Tongs
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Patentee:
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| Samuel Stone (exact or similar names) - North Manchester, CT |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Sep. 21, 1874 |
| Granted: |
Jul. 06, 1875 |
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Patent Pictures:
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Samuel Stone Pat. July 6, 1875 |
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Description: |
| This pliers-type tool with large gripping teeth was designed and patented as a pipe wrench. It was produced and marketed as a horseshoe calk wrench by the Neverslip Horseshoe Company of Boston. Markings on known examples are "PAT JULY 6, 75 .. IN / OUT"
Pat. #s 588,438, 796,305, 1,061,047, and 1,254,813 are later efforts to address the problems inherent in manipulating horseshoe calks. |
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