US Patent: 491,872 
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| Sliding Friction Tongs
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	        Patentee:
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 | Carlton W. Canfield (exact or similar names) - Winthrop, MN |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Oct. 19, 1892 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Feb. 14, 1893 | 
 
 
 
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Carlton W. Canfield patent February 14, 1893  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| Pipe tongs with the set-screw adjustable pivot yoke beyond the gripping portion, similar to a nut cracker.  A couple of alternate gripping surfaces are shown and described.   |  
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