| US Patent: 23,857 
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| Improved Wrench For Gas-Fitters Improvement in Slide-Wrenches for Turning Gas Pipes and Other Round Articles
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| Patentee: |  |
 | George B. Phillips (exact or similar names) - Albany, NY |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Granted: | May 03, 1859 |  
 
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	        ] |  |  |  | George B. Phillips patent May 3, 1859, with illustration from 1860 catalog listing |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | Wedge-action component on adjustable jaw to grip pipe and other round objects, an adjusting nut with interrupted threads to accomplish quick-adjust effect, and second nut to lock adjustment.
The wrench as produced has the wedge-action gripping jaw piece, but not the two-stage adjusting nut. |  |