US Patent: 198,709
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| Pipe-Wrench With Cutter
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Patentee:
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| William E. Thornton (exact or similar names) - Philadelphia, PA |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Nov. 16, 1877 |
| Granted: |
Dec. 25, 1877 |
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Patent Pictures:
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William E. Thornton patent December 28, 1877 |
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Description: |
| The patent describes a tongs with interchangeable adjustable pipe cutter and pipe gripping bits. The tongs handles can be held in the closed position by a link with a set-screw.
Produced as Thornton's Adjustable Pipe Tongs by Pancoast and Maule. Ken Cope's "American Wrench Makers 1830-1930" cites an 1878 advertisement. |
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