| US Patent: 281,431 
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| Wrench | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | William Baxter (exact or similar names) - Jersey City, NJ |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | May 18, 1883 |  
| Granted: | Jul. 17, 1883 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | William Baxter patent July 17, 1883 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | This is an improvement on Baxter's "Diagonal" wrench. The improvement is in strengthening the base of the jaws, and interlocking the wrench halves, to resist jaw spread. 
The earlier patent is 14,221, issued February 12, 1856. J. Ashton Greene's February 19, 1884 design patent (no. D14,756) is a further refinement. |  |