https://www.datamp.org/ Recently added patents en-us https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=86097&pn=1,584,422 Combination tool Patentee: John W. Bate - Racine WI Granted:1926-05-11

The combination is a tire iron / jack handle / "socket wrenches," and screwdriver -- all automotive related.
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=29182&pn=RE16,354 Wrench Patentee: August Edwin Carlberg - Worcester MA Granted:1926-05-18
Manufactured by Walden-Worcester, Inc. - Worcester MA
Assigned to Walden-Worcester, Inc. - Worcester MA

The patent deals with wrench construction in which a socket or double-sized socket is pivotally connected to the shank. Walden-Worcester Swivel Head sockets #774 (5/8" hex) & #775 (9/16" square) have this type of connection between the socket head and handle. Referenced in Carlberg's March 10, 1931 patent no. 1,796,031. Compare patent no. 1,613,976 for a similar concept. Hammond & Littell - patent attorneys
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=29174&pn=1,584,208 Brace Wrench Patentee: Warren S. Bellows - Worcester MA Granted:1926-05-11
Manufactured by Walden-Worcester, Inc. - Worcester MA
Assigned to Walden-Worcester, Inc. - Worcester MA

"A plurality of sizes and shapes are provided in one socket." -- the "rounded ends" and octagon shapes are explicitly noted in the claims. The WALDEN-WORCESTER No. 1490 "FORD WHEEL ASSEMBLY WRENCH" double socket brace wrench embodies this concept. It has the same wrench functions as the FORD T-1349 flat wrench. Moses, Hammond, & Nolte - patent attorneys
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=86096&pn=1,565,338 Wrench Patentee: William O. Thewes - North Ridgeville OH Granted:1925-12-15
Assigned to Ridge Tool Co. - North Ridgeville OH

Patent includes details of a friction-reducing ball bearing which acts as the bearing point for the movable jaw, a spring pressed "shoe" holding the adjustable jaw in contact with the ball bearing, and details of the gripping teeth on the fixed and adjustable jaws. This patent is not noted in "official" histories of the evolution of RIDGID pipe wrenches -- 1,549,164, 1,552,091, 1,727,623, etc.
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=86095&pn=1,564,411 Wrench Patentee: John H. Fones - Oakland CA Granted:1925-12-08

One of several patents for combination quick / screw adjust wrenches, including 1,302,027, 1,362,687, 1,458,479 and 1,522,432. This patent includes description of a supplemental pipe gripping jaw insert which stores in the handle when not in use. The feature is not included in the patent's claims. Formation of FONES QUICK ADJUST WRENCH Co. in the early 1930s is evidence of efforts to put the concept into production.
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