US Patent: 137,910 
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| Improvement in Railroad Track Wrenches
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	        Patentee:
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 | Pierre L. Gibbs (exact or similar names) - Chicago, IL |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Feb. 05, 1873 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Apr. 15, 1873 | 
 
 
 
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		  Patent Pictures:
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Pierre L. Gibbs. Pat. April 15, 1873  |  
 
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        Description: |  
| The socket has two interior spurs to catch the corners of nuts on fish-plate bolts. This allows one socket to fit a range of nut sizes.  The socket is driven by bevel gears, turned by a "T" handle tall enough to be turned by a standing man. The wrench has a folding foot plate which clamps over the top of a rail to help hold it in position on the nut. |  
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