US Patent: 210,684 
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Nut and Tap Wrench Improved Wrench and Vise
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	        Patentee:
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 | Joseph Goodrich (exact or similar names) - Henry, IL |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Apr. 02, 1878 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Dec. 10, 1878 | 
 
 
 
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Joseph Goodrich Pat. December 10, 1878  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The jaws are operated by a pair of left - and right-hand screws. 
Goodrich incorporated some aspects of this in his May 18, 1880 patent (no. 227,686 -- see fig. 5 of that patent), and revisited and elaborated on the idea with patent no. 308,356 issued November 25, 1884. 
Ken Cope's "American Wrench Makers 1839-1930" notes an 1883 MECHANICS listing showing COOK & McLANE of New York producing this as an adjustable brace wrench -- the jaws of that wrench most closely correspond to the Nov. 25, 1884 patent noted above. |  
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