US Patent: 639,785 
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| Pipe Wrench
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	        Patentee:
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 | John C. Speirs (exact or similar names) - Worcester, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Mar. 14, 1898 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Dec. 26, 1899 | 
 
 
 
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John C. Speirs patent Dec. 26, 1899  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| Rocking movement of the movable jaw to prevent "locking" on the pipe is made possible by the curved surface of the "nut" in the base of the movable jaw, and a spring which tips the movable jaw away from the shank.
Compare this to Edward Wright's June 30, 1896 patent no. 562,878. |  
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