US Patent: 745,281 
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| Wrench for Threshing Machine Cylinders
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	        Patentee:
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 | John T. Hume (exact or similar names) - Newton, IA |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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Sep. 29, 1902 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Nov. 24, 1903 | 
 
 
 
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John T. Hume patent November 24, 1903  |  
 
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        Description: |  
| The curved shank and thin head allow the head to be slipped between the bars to reach the nuts inside the cylinder. The gripper for the ratchet action is a small toothed roller which can be shifted to either side of the center line for reversible ratchet action. The shifting mechanism is a rod running through the center of the shank, with a leaf spring at the end. The handle end of the rod has a knurled nut. 
Ken Cope's "American Wrench Makers 1830-1930" identifies this as the first cylinder tooth wrench supplied by the Maytag Co.
Corresponding Canadian patent no. CA-91872  issued Febr. 28, 1905 was assigned to the Parsons Band Cutter and Self Feeder Company. |  
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