| US Patent: 464,751 
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| Wrench | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Frank S. Cook (exact or similar names) - Elkhart, IN |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Mar. 01, 1890 |  
| Granted: | Dec. 08, 1891 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Frank S. Cook patent December 8, 1891 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | A spring in the handle pulls the movable jaw closed.  The adjustment is held by a cam / locking lever pressing the toothed shank of the movable jaw against a serrated portion in the handle.  There is enough "flex" in the connection to allow the jaws to spread apart on "reverse" motion of the handle, and thereby grip & release a workpiece in a form of ratchet action. |  |