US Patent: 657,391 
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| Wrench
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	        Patentee:
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 | Thomas H. Brosnihan (exact or similar names) - Livermore Falls, ME |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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Dec. 15, 1899 | 
 
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Sep. 04, 1900 | 
 
 
 
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Thomas H. Brosnihan patent Sept. 4, 1900  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The key elements of the patent are the hardened pipe-gripping jaw faces. The pipe-gripping jaw face on the adjustable jaw slides on a keyway-shaped base, and is pressed outward by a spring.
A Dec. 1911 trade journal item noted the liquidation of the former Brosnihan Wrench Co. manufacturing facilities. |  
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