Coil tongs

Claim 1

COIL TONG APPARATUS COMPRISING A HOLLOW RIGID FRAME HAVING PLATE-LIKE SIDE WALLS, A TOP PLATE AND A BOTTOM PLATE, SAID SIDE WALLS HAVING AN ARRAY OF SIMILARLY DISPOSED AND ALIGNED SLOTS NEAR SAID BOTTOM PLATE, A PAIR OF ALIGNED SLOTS NEAR SAID TOP PLATE, AND A PAIR OF SLOTS DISPOSED IN THE CENTRAL PART OF EACH SAID SIDE WALLS, TWO PAIRS OF JAW ASSEMBLIES, EACH JAW ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AN LSHAPED MEMBER HAVING A BASE PART AND A LEG PART, SAID BASE PART OF EACH MEMBER EXENDING BELOW SAID BOTTOM PLATE AND HAVING A JAW AFFIXED THERETO, THE LEG PART OF ONE L-SHAPED MEMBER OF ONE PAIR OF JAW ASSEMBLIES EXTENDING ADJACENT TO SAID BOTTOM PLATE, ROLLER MEANS COUPLED BETWEEN SAID LEG PARTS ADJACENT TO SAID BOTTOM PLATE AND ADJACENT SLOTS IN SAID ARRAY OF SLOTS WHICH ARE NEAR SAID BOTTOM PLATE, THE LEG PART OF EACH OF THE L-SHAPED MEMBERS OF THE OTHER PAIR OF JAW ASSEMBLIES BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT TO SAID TOP PLATE, ROLLER MEANS COUPLED BETWEEN EACH OF SAID LEG PARTS OF THE L-SHAPED MEMBERS WHICH ARE DISPOSED ADJACENT TO SAID TOP PLATE AND SAID ALIGNED SLOTS WHCIH ARE NEAR SAID TOP PLATE, FOUR RACK GEAR ELEMENTS, ONE RACK GEAR ELEMENT BEING FIXEDLY SECURED TO THE LEG PART OF A RESPECTIVE L-SHPAED MEMBER WITH SAID GEAR ELEMENTS OF ONE PAIR OF JAW ASSEMBLIES FACING THE GEAR ELEMENTS OF THE OTHER PAIR OF JAW ASSEMBLIES, A PAIR OF PINION GEARS, SAID PINION GEARS EACH BEING FIXEDLY COUPLED ONTO A SHAFT AND ALSO COUPLED TO THE RACK GEAR ELEMENTS OF TWO JAW ASSEMBLIES WHICH ARE FACING EACH OTHER, SAID SHAFTS EACH EXTENDING THROUGH SAID CENTRALLY DISPOSED SLOTS IN SAID WALLS, AND MEANS COUPLED TO EACH OF SAID SHAFTS FOR ROTATING SAID PINION GEARS.