| US Patent: 265,704 
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| Carriage Wrench | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Thomas C. Rice (exact or similar names) - Worcester, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Feb. 03, 1882 |  
| Granted: | Oct. 10, 1882 |  
 
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| Description: |  | A coil spring holds the jaws open. A large wing nut at the end of the handle adjusts the jaw opening. A hook on the handle is to hang the wrench while it is holding an axle nut. The wrench has socket jaws for axle nuts, and flat jaws for other nuts and bolts on a carriage.
This patent is noted in Emanuel Nighswander's Jan. 27, 1891 patent (no. 445,431). |  |