US Patent: 389,384
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| Combined Hammer, Wrench, and Staple Puller
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Patent Dates:
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Apr. 18, 1888 |
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Sep. 11, 1888 |
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John H. Hebblethwaite patent September 11, 1888 |
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Description: |
| The specifications list hammer, staple puller, wrench and nail-starter. Tool collectors commonly associate this patent with a hammer head with a flat bearing surface on the adze eye facing the curved claws. The inner face of the curved claws have a series of right angle notches which effectively form a range of open end wrench sizes. One of the claws has a pointed end; but not the extended taper shown in the patent. These hammers match a catalog illustration for the FULTON UTLITY HAMMER in early 20th Century Sears Roebuck catalogs.
These heads do not have any visible markings corresponding to this patent; but given the way hammers are used any such markings are likely to have been rendered illegible if they ever existed.
Hebblethwaite revisited the idea in a combination tool patented Nov. 20, 1894 (pat. no. 529,384). |
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