| US Patent: 137,910 
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| Improvement in Railroad Track 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: |  
| Applied: | Feb. 05, 1873 |  
| Granted: | Apr. 15, 1873 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Pierre L. Gibbs. Pat. April 15, 1873 |  Google Patents
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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. |  |