US Patent: 189,437 
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| Caps for Vehicle Hubs
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	        Patentee:
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 | Edwin G. Edgley (exact or similar names) - Cincinnati, OH |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Mar. 10, 1877 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Apr. 10, 1877 | 
 
 
 
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Edwin G. Edgley Pat. April 10, 1877  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The patent is for the hub cap with lock-nut ring. The spanner to tighten and loosen the lock-nut ring is mentioned in the specifications. This may be the earliest hub cap wrench in the patent files.
Crane, Breed & Co. manufactured burial goods, hearses, etc. and even tried automobiles in the early 20th Century.  If anyone knows of a Crane, Breed & Co. hearse or carriage with these lock-ring hub caps, please use the link below to contact me. |  
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