Improvements in Pipe Pliers.
Year: 1899

page_text: ,PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pipe Pliers.
We, ALFRED GRESWOLD BAYLES, of Number 212, East 26th Street, New York,
County and State of New York, U.S.A., Clerk, LOUIS DANIEL DE SAUSSURE, of
Number 135, 9th Street, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York, County of
Kings and State of New York, U.S.A., Clerk, and THOMAS HERRON, of Number 96,
Jarvis Street, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York, County of Kings and
State of New York, U.S.A., Carpenter, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The inside face of the jaws are cut away to form a recess in each jaw, each
recess having flaring ends; a wedge-shaped piece is inserted in said recesses,
and are held in place by a screw which passes through the jaw into the said
piece; the front of the piece is concaved and provided with teeth.
Dated this 30th day of March 1899.
GARRY P. VAN WYE,
Agent, 13-21, Park Row, New York City, U.S.A.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pipe Pliers.
-We, ALFRED GRESWOLD BAYLES, of Number 212, East 26th Street, New York,
County and State of New York, U.S.A., Clerk, LOUIS DANIEL DE SAUSSURE, of
Number 135, 9th Street, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York, County of
Kings and State of New York, U.S.A., Clerk, and THOMAS HERRON, of Number 96,
Jarvis Street, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York, County of Kings and
State of New York, U.S.A., Carpenter, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to pipe pliers, and especially to that class in which a
removable jaw-plate is used for the purpose of providing teeth that are tempered
while the body of the pliers remain untempered; and the object of our invention
is to provide a removable jaw-plate that can be easily secured in position at
the least possible cost and which will be held firmly when secured in place.
In the accompanying drawing:
Figure 1 is a side view of a pipe plier showing our improvement applied
thereto; and,
Figure 2 is a plan view of the inner surface of one of the jaws.
In the practice of our invention we provide a pipe plier 5, which is of the

page_text: kind commonly known as "gas-burner pliers," and on the inner surface of each
of the jaws we cut a recess 6, which extends transversely of the jaw, and the
ends thereof are made-flaring, as clearly shown at 7. We also provide a plate 8,
the ends of which are beveled to correspond with the flaring ends of the recess 6,
and one side thereof is provided with serrations or teeth. The plate 8 is made of
tempered metal, while the remaining portion of the wrench is preferably made
of untempered metal. A screw 9 passes through the jaw from the rear and
engages the plate 8, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1, and holds the said
plate securely in position.
The plates 8 are made large enough so that when drawn into the recesses G
the beveled ends will bind tightly against the flaring ends of the recesses, the
same as a wedge, and, if desired, the plates 8 may be made large enough so that
the ends of the recesses will engage the beveled ends of the plates before the
inner surface meets the inner wall of the recesses, and by turning the respective
screw the plates will be drawn closer to the bottom thereby more firmly wedging
the plates in position. In practice, however, we prefer to make the plates 8 of
such a size that the ends thereof will commence to bind just before the plates
reach the bottom of the recesses so that the plates may be drawn to the bottom
by the screws 9.
It will thus be seen that we accomplish the object of our invention in a very
simple and efficient manner, and thereby provide a pipe plier which is much
more durable than those in common use while costing but a trifle more to
manufacture.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. The improved pipe plier, constructed and operating substantially as
described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2. A pipe plier provided with removable plates forming the inner surface of
the jaws; said plates being oblong in form, and provided with beveled ends;
the inner surface of the jaws being cut away to form a recess in each jaw the
ends of which are flaring, and a screw passing through each jaw from the rear
and engaging the respective plate, substantially as herein specified.
Dated this 29th day of December 1899.
GARRY P. VAN WYE,
Agent, 13-21, Park Row, New York City, U.S.A.