| US Patent: 209,569 
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| Wrench | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | John W. Hyatt (exact or similar names) - Newark, NJ |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Mar. 07, 1878 |  
| Granted: | Nov. 05, 1878 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | John W. Hyatt patent November 5, 1878 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The adjusting worm runs against a concave threaded rack cut in the main shank. The adjusting worm rides in a pair of slots with compression springs, which allows the worm to be disengaged from the rack for quick as well as screw-adjustment. 
Corresponding British patent GB-187803994 was registered Oct. 9, 1878; German patent DE-5692 was granted in the name of Isaiah Smith Hyatt who gave his address as Paris. |  |