Datamp.org Patents http://www.datamp.org/ Recently added patents en-us US Patent: 451,023 http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=41171&pn=451,023 Wrench Patentee: James H. Brown - Evanston IL Granted:1891-04-28
Manufactured by Brown Steel Wrench Company - Chicago IL

Adjusting worm engages teeth cut in the margins of a center slot in the handle. Wrench body and adjustable jaw formed of sheet steel stampings.
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]]> US Patent: 1,375,530 http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=49891&pn=1,375,530 Wrench Patentee: Charles G. Moline - Wyandotte MI Granted:1921-04-19

Combination screw and lever adjustable wrench with a secondary wire cutting jaw. A known example is hand stamped, "C. MOLINE WYANDOTTE MICH. PAT. APR. 19 1921."
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]]> US Patent: 1,096,763 http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=49890&pn=1,096,763 Wrench Patentee: Christpher Smith - Orrville OH Granted:1914-05-12

Quick and screw adjust pipe wrench with paired adjusting nuts in a rocking frame. Interrupted threads in the adjusting nuts allow for quick adjustment when the openings in the nuts align. A coil spring pushes the movable jaw into engagement with the work piece.
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]]> US Patent: 1,096,663 http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=49889&pn=1,096,663 Wrench Patentee: Cleveland J. Archey - Mount Victory OH Granted:1914-05-12

Spring loaded dogs with gripping teeth are mounted on a rotatable sleeve connected to the movable jaw. The arrangement allows for quick and screw adjustment of the movable jaw.
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]]> US Patent: 685,256 http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=49888&pn=685,256 Process of Producing Wrought-Metal Wrench-Jaws Patentee: Theodore F. Carns - East Berlin CT Granted:1901-10-29

The patent describes the steps to form a movable "monkey wrench" jaw and some of the forging dies used in the process. The jaw form resembles those found on Peck Stow & Wilcox "Solid Bar" and H.D. Smith "Perfect Handle" type screw wrenches.
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