| US Patent: 229,673 
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| Wrench | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Loring Coes (exact or similar names) - Worcester, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | May 17, 1880 |  
| Granted: | Jul. 06, 1880 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Loring Coes patent July 6, 1880 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The patent is for a wrench handle structure consisting of a metal frame, paired wooden slabs, and related pins and rivets. The main bar does not extend through the full length of the handle. This patent is the initial form of the Coes "knife handle." Coes' July 8, 1884 patent no. 301,681 is a subsequent improvement. |  |