| US Patent: 501,860 
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| Combined Pipe and Monkey Wrench | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | William S. Bemis (exact or similar names) - Springfield, MA |  
 
| USPTO Classifications: |  | 81/93 |  
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | May 08, 1893 |  
| Granted: | Jul. 18, 1893 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | William S. Bemis patent July 18, 1893 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The movable combination nut and pipe jaw has an adjustable internal sliding wedge which allows for lateral movement when the wrench is used as a pipe wrench, but disables lateral movement when the wrench is used as a nut wrench. 
The pipe jaw inserts and general style of the jaws appeared in B&C pipe wrenches. The pipe gripping insert in the movable jaw of the B&C combination pipe & nut wrench based on patent no. 145,085 was held in place by a screw through the early 1890s. After then, it was held by a "transverse pin" similar to the layout in this patent. |  |