US Patent: 275,042 
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| Suspension Wrench For Gas and Other Cocks
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	        Patentee:
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 | Isaac W. Heysinger (exact or similar names) - Philadelphia, PA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Jan. 27, 1883 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Apr. 03, 1883 | 
 
 
 
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Isaac W. Heysinger patent April 3, 1883  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| This device would essentially be a stiff wire loop with the top bent at a right angle, designed to be suspended from gas light shut-off valves. The patent describes several alternate handle forms including a match box, flexible links, and a cross-shaped terminal to allow several of these to be chained together.
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