| US Patent: 445,431 
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| Buggy Wrench | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Emanuel Nighswander (exact or similar names) - Welsh Run, PA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Apr. 07, 1890 |  
| Granted: | Jan. 27, 1891 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Emanuel Nighswander patent January 27, 1891 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | A wing-nut adjusts the movable jaw; a compression spring give resilience to the adjustment, and helps hold the axle nut while the wheel hub is lubricated.. The tool includes a "crank handle" for rapid removal and replacement of the axle nut. 
The specifications note & disclaim any features covered by patent no. 265,704.
Ken Cope's "American Wrench Makers, 1830-1930" lists the wrench as made by Nighswander. |  |