| US Patent: 545,304 
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| Pipe Tongs | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | John E. Nelson (exact or similar names) - Evansville, MN |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jan. 28, 1895 |  
| Granted: | Aug. 27, 1895 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Johne E. Nelson patent August 27, 1895 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The lever handle closes the movable jaw through an intermediate link which compounds the leverage applied to the gripping jaw.  A spring acts to open the jaws. |  |