https://www.datamp.org/ Recently added patents en-us https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=29705&pn=243,652 Combination Tool Patentee: John Straszer - Manchester MO Granted:1881-06-28

The combination includes stove-pipe crimper, tack-holding tack hammer, nipper jaws, flat jaws, saw set, wire cutter, leather punch, tack claw, screwdriver, and set-screw adjustable auxiliary sliding jaw wrench. An October 8, 1881 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN write-up described its features. Both a known malleable iron example and an unmarked "non-sparking bronze" tool matching this design do not have the sliding adjustable wrench jaw feature or hole punch.
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=27862&pn=1,501,586 Triple Jawed Wrench Attachment for Hammers Patentee: Ernest E. Cullen - New Baltimore MI Granted:1924-07-15
Assigned to George E. Vernier - Fair Haven MI

The "claw" portion of the hammer head fits through a loop to hold the device in place on the end of the hammer. Corresponding Canadian patent CA-231,926 was granted June 12,1923; British patent GB-198,943 appears in 1923 ABRIDGMENTS OF SPECIFICATIONS. A parallel "V jaw" version received patent no. 1,501,585. The device was noted in contemporary trade journals. Rex Frye - patent attorney
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=27861&pn=1,501,585 Wrench Attachment for Hammers Patentee: Ernest E. Cullen - New Baltimore MI Granted:1924-07-15
Assigned to George E. Vernier - Fair Haven MI

See also patent 1,501,586. Cullen's patents for wrench attachments for claw hammers were noted in 1924 trade journals. Corresponding Canadian patent CA-231,925 was granted June 12, 1923. Rex Frye - patent attorney
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=85515&pn=198,943 Improvements in or relating to wrench attachments for hammers or other tools Patentee: Ernest Edward Cullen - New Baltimore MI U.S.A. Granted:1923-06-14

British patent corresponding to Canadian patent CA-231,926 and U.S. 1,501,586 for a "triple jaw" pipe wrench attachment for claw hammer. The "claw" portion of the hammer slips through a loop to hold the jaws on the end of the hammer. It was noted in contemporary U.S. trade journals.
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=85497&pn=686,776 Wrench Patentee: Thomas E. Smythe - Galion OH Granted:1901-11-19
Manufactured by Monarch Wrench Co. - St. Louis MO

"Slidable jaw wrench" with adjusting nut on a shaft extending from the movable jaw. The nut engages a rack on the shank, and can be lifted free for quick adjustment. A coil spring in the movable jaw provides pressure to keep the nut and rack engaged. Used by the Monarch Wrench Co. (St. Louis) for wrenches advertised to railroads in 1906.
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