| US Patent: 508,591 
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| Pipe Tongs | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Henry Alexander (exact or similar names) - Portland, ME |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Feb. 23, 1893 |  
| Granted: | Nov. 14, 1893 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Henry Alexander patent November 14, 1893 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The tongs has semi-circular gripping jaws for brass or other soft or bright finish pipe. The jaws are connected to one handle of the tongs, and squeezed closed by the other handle. |  |