US Patent: 489,048 
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| Pipe Wrench
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	        Patentees:
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 | Freeman L. Twiss (exact or similar names) - Groton, Tompkins County, NY |  
| Luther A. Barber (exact or similar names) - Groton, Tompkins County, NY |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Nov. 05, 1892 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Jan. 03, 1893 | 
 
 
 
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Freeman L. Twiss and Luther A Barber patent January 3, 1893  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The handle is threaded into the chain head, and adjusts the toothed face to grip pipe. 
A known incomplete example is missing the toothed gripping head, and is marked with the patent date.
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