| US Patent: 443,312 
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| Pipe Tongs | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Peter J. Bode (exact or similar names) - Belleville, IL |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | May 09, 1889 |  
| Granted: | Dec. 23, 1890 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Peter J. Bode patent December 23, 1890 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The tongs consists of a pipe-vise type holding section, and an adjustable hook-jaw section.  A secondary handle swinging from the base of the pipe-vise section is also connected to the hook-jaw section, so that swinging the secondary handle operates the hook-jaw section.
The purpose for this arrangement is to work in locations difficult of access. |  |