| US Patent: 132,823 
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| Improvement in Wrenches | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Pierre L. Gibbs (exact or similar names) - Chicago, IL |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Granted: | Nov. 05, 1872 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Pierre L. Gibbs. Pat. Nov. 5, 1872 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The ratchet pawl works directly on the corners of nuts without an intermediate socket. The wrench was designed for the purpose of tightening and loosening fish-plate bolts on railroads. |  |