US Patent: 1,041,978 
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| Pipe Wrench
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	        Patentee:
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 | Edward G. Diefendorf (exact or similar names) - Erie, PA |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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Dec. 04, 1911 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Oct. 22, 1912 | 
 
 
 
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Edward G. Diefendorf patent October 22, 1912  |  
 
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        Description: |  
| The patent is for a typical self-adjusting hook-jaw pipe wrench made of sheet metal stampings. Two alternate blanks for the handle portion are included. 
Ken Cope's "American Wrench Makers 1830-1930," notes the Erie Stamping and Mfg. Co. produced this wrench. It was advertised as the ESCO pipe wrench in 1914. |  
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