US Patent: 574,724 
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| Wrench
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	        Patentee:
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 | Murat K. Flye (exact or similar names) - Sharpsburg, TX |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Mar. 16, 1896 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Jan. 05, 1897 | 
 
 
 
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Murat K. Flye patent January 5, 1897  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| Hook jaw wrench with a locking cam lever to hold the adjustment.
Ken Cope's "American Wrench Makers 1830 - 1930" notes an 1897 POWER item announcing the patent to the trade. |  
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