US Patent: 456,265 
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| Wrench
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	        Patentee:
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 | Samuel Boothroyd (exact or similar names) - Amesbury, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Aug. 11, 1890 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Jul. 21, 1891 | 
 
 
 
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Samuel Boothroyd patent July 21, 1891  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The shank is cylindrical with four longitudinal grooves.  The base for the head turns on the cylindrical shank, and has a set screw to engage one of the grooves on the shank to hold adjustment.  The head may have either a hook jaw for pipe, or a flat jaw for nuts, and the facing end of the shank likewise may have a flat end for nuts, or some form of gripping surface for pipe. |  
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