| US Patent: 79,306 
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| Wrench | 
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| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Feb. 07, 1868 |  
| Granted: | Jun. 30, 1868 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Bradshaw & Lyon Pat. June 30, 1868 |  Google Patents
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                        Stan Schulz
 
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| Description: |  | A spring loaded jaw with the portion adjacent to the shank cut away functions as a ratchet nut wrench. The patent also shows the same spring feature employed on a hook jaw pipe wrench and on an angle-jaw wrench. 
An article on pg. 321 of the November 18, 1868 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN touts the invention's advantages, and solicits proposals for manufacture. |  |