https://www.datamp.org/ Recently added patents en-us https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=85500&pn=1,481,186 Combination Tool Patentees: Mathias C. Busch - St. Paul MN , Carl E. Thommes - St. Paul MN Granted:1924-01-15

Cam lever / rack adjustable wrench with a screwdriver tip on the lever handle. Known example marked "B & T / PAT 1-24."
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=85498&pn=D31,940 Design for a Jaw For Pipe Wrenches Patentee: Frank A. Smith - Galion OH Granted:1899-12-05

Swinging "T" shaped double jaw for pipe wrenches of the type in Henry Lanius patent 608,876 or Thomas E. Smythe patent 655,312. Both were residents of Galion, OH. One witness of this design patent was a principal in Galion Drop Forge, formed to manufacture wrenches, and also a witness in some Smythe patents.
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=85495&pn=675,023 Pipe Wrench Patentee: Thomas E. Smythe - Crestline OH Granted:1901-05-28
Manufactured by Monarch Wrench Co. - St. Louis MO

Alligator type pipe wrench with spring-loaded hinged jaws adjustable by a sliding collar. Ken Cope's AMERICAN WRENCH MAKERS 1830-1930 connects this patent to an adjustable alligator wrench offered by Monarch Tool Works (St. Louis, MO) in 1906. The company was offering it in an 18 inch size with 2 inch maximum capacity.
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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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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=85493&pn=667,743 Wrench Patentee: Thomas E. Smythe - Galion OH Granted:1901-02-12
Manufactured by Lanius Machine Co. - Bucyrus OH

Pipe wrench with a spring-tensioned hook jaw and sliding adjustable jaw. A known example is marked only with "Pat'd" & "1901." It corresponds to photo #703 in "Antique & Unusual Wrenches." A contemporary brief notice said GALION DROP FORGE had secured rights to produce two of Smythe's wrench patents, without specifying which two. (Galion Drop Forge was founded in 1898 and faced bankruptcy in 1901.) Ken Cope's entry for LANIUS MACHINE Co. (Bucyrus, OH) in AMERICAN WRENCH MAKERS 1830-1930 shows a drawing of this wrench, citing this patent and 680,285.
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