| US Patent: 389,899 
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| Pipe Wrench | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Daniel R. Porter (exact or similar names) - Chelsea, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Sep. 08, 1887 |  
| Granted: | Sep. 25, 1888 |  
 
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| Description: |  | A rack on the main bar, a tooth at the base of the adjustable jaw, and two mountings with compression springs are the major features of this quick-adjusting pipe wrench. Known examples marked only with the patent date, and have leaf springs instead of the compression coil springs shown in the patent drawings. 
Corresponding Canadian patent CA-27,657 and subsequent foreign patents ( Canadian patent CA-30,994 and British patent GB-188901609 ) provide suggestions for intermediate or alternate manufacturers. |  |