CA Patent: CA-15,724
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| Improvements on Wrenches
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Patentee:
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| William J Owen (exact or similar names) - Nashville, TN |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Jul. 20, 1882 |
| Granted: |
Nov. 04, 1882 |
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Patent Pictures:
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William J. Owen patent Nov. 4, 1882 - edited from Canadian Patent Office Record |
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15,724 in Canadian Patents Database
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Description: |
| Reversible ratchet wrench with adjustable jaws within the ratchet head. The jaws on one side of the head are flat for nuts; on the other side they have notched and grooved surfaces to grip pipe, drill bit tangs, etc. The jaws adjust with a left- and right-hand threaded screw.
Corresponding U.S. patent 266,595 was granted Oct. 24, 1882.
In that patent, the addresses are in Tennessee, the drawings here give a Vermont address for the attorney.
A known example of the wrench is marked only "OWEN." |
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