| US Patent: 286,847 
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| Pipe Tongs | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Henry Rhyn (exact or similar names) - Cincinnati, OH |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Apr. 30, 1883 |  
| Granted: | Oct. 16, 1883 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Henry Rhyn patent October 16, 1883 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | Squeezing the lever on the handle opens the jaws; the spring under the lever tends to close the jaws. |  |