| US Patent: 22,947 
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| Improvement in Construction of Screw Wrenches Foster's Unyielding Grip Wrench
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Dan P. Foster (exact or similar names) - Shelburne Falls, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Granted: | Feb. 15, 1859 |  
 
| Reissue Information: |  | Reissued as RE5,914 (Jun. 16, 1874) |  
 
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	        ] |  |  |  | Dan P. Foster patent February 15, 1859, with 1870 J.J. WALWORTH catalog listing |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The adjustable jaw "floats" in relation to shank and fixed jaw. Manufacturer info. taken from Kenneth Cope's "American Wrench Makers 1830-1930." Header on reissue patent No. 5,914 notes the patent was extended seven years from the original expiration.
An 1870 WALWORTH catalog lists 3 sizes - 10", 14" and 18". |  |