| US Patent: 120,687 
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| Improvement in Wrenches | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Alonzo Whitcomb (exact or similar names) - Worcester, MA |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Granted: | Nov. 07, 1871 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Alonzo Whitcomb Pat. Nov. 7, 1871 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The groove in the tapered bar is primarily to reduce weight; the studs in the movable jaw are to prevent rattling. The ferule has a tubular extension which carries the strain to the end nut.
Whitcomb and his brother Carter were partners in a company that produced machinists tools including iron planers, and a letter copying press. |  |