| US Patent: 172,240 
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| Improvement in Monkey-Wrenches | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Elisha T. Barlow (exact or similar names) - San Francisco, CA |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jan. 08, 1876 |  
| Granted: | Jan. 11, 1876 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Elisha T. Barlow Pat. January 11, 1876 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The adjusting mechanism is comprised of "T"-shaped binding plates carried in a recess in the movable jaw, combined with a sliding key which releases their binding action to allow the jaw to be adjusted. This complicated mechanism is enclosed in a cap.
This is the 2nd of 3 wrench patents granted to Barlow on this date. |  |