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US Patent: 497,260
Pipe Wrench
Patentee:
George P. Woelfel (exact or similar names) - Spring Garden, PA

USPTO Classifications:
81/186, 81/90.1, 81/97, 81/99, 81/DIG.6

Tool Categories:
wrenches : wrench adjustment types : self-adjust wrenches
wrenches : pipe wrenches

Assignees:
None

Manufacturer:
Bindley Automatic Wrench Co. - Pittsburgh, PA

Witnesses:
J. A. Herron
M. E. Harrison
Jas. J. McAfee

Patent Dates:
Applied: Jan. 31, 1893
Granted: May 09, 1893

Reissue Information:
Reissued as RE11,459 (Dec. 18, 1894)

Patent Pictures:
George P. Woelfel patent May 9, 1893
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Description:
The spring allows the jaws to adjust to different pipe sizes, and to alternately grip and release pipe as the handle is moved in one direction or the other.

Ken Cope's "American Wrench Makers 1830-1930" cites an IRON AGE listing for the manufacturer, and notes the patent reissue.

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