| US Patent: 216,014 
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| Pipe-Tongs | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Henry Banister (exact or similar names) - Erie, PA |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Apr. 21, 1879 |  
| Granted: | Jun. 03, 1879 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Henry Banister patent June 3. 1879 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The tongs has an adjustable pivot point similar to many other tongs, and a reversible, rotatable block forming the gripping surface in the lower jaw. 
See also Banister and Lovrien's March 18, 1879 patent (no. 213,376), Lovrien's Nov. 9, 1880 patent no. 234,304, and their relation to production of the ACME CUBE adjustable pipe tongs. 
Cited as a reference in patent no. 2,444,135. |  |