| US Patent: 283,714 
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| Combined Clamp Handle And Wrench For Hose | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Lafayette Kinzel (exact or similar names) - Cincinnati, OH |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jun. 18, 1883 |  
| Granted: | Aug. 21, 1883 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Lafayette Kinzel patent August 21, 1883 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The hand grip and chain between the tongs levers is typical.  The holes in the tongs jaws that would engage lugs on hose couplings to allow the tongs to also serve as a coupling wrench are not typical. This tool was to manipulate fire hose. |  |