| US Patent: 362,908 
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| Wrench | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Walter E. Taft (exact or similar names) - Providence, RI |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jan. 17, 1887 |  
| Granted: | May 10, 1887 |  
 
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| Description: |  | The primary adjusting screw is typical for a monkey wrench of this type. The secondary final adjustment uses an extended lever handle connected to threaded base extending into a threaded socket in the ferule. 
The wrench was advertised to the hardware trade in 1888, marketed as Taft's Vise Wrench. Known examples marked with a couple of different maker names. 
Corresponding Canadian patent CA-27,810 was granted Oct. 13, 1887; the wrench also received British patent GB-188711095 registered Aug. 13, 1887. 
Pat. no. 402,186 claims to be an improvement on supplementary tightening levers of this type. |  |