| US Patent: 289,069 
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| Wrench | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | John H. Coes (exact or similar names) - Worcester, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Oct. 17, 1883 |  
| Granted: | Nov. 27, 1883 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | John H. Coes Pat. Nov. 27, 1883 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The patent is for a case-hardened or steel insert at the base of the adjustable jaw of a "Coes Pattern" wrench. (The jaws were cast "malleable" iron.)
A revised version with the hard insert placed "higher" in the movable jaw received patent no. 301,680. |  |