| US Patent: 589,166 
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| Quick Action Wrench | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Friend F. De Voe (exact or similar names) - Lima, OH |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jan. 23, 1897 |  
| Granted: | Aug. 31, 1897 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Friend F. De Voe patent August 31, 1897 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The rotating collar has inner teeth for a quarter of its interior diameter; the remainder is smooth. The teeth on the shank engage with those teeth to hold adjustment, and a quarter turn of the collar frees the movable jaw to slide for quick adjustment. A stop limits the collar to that quarter turn.
Corresponding Canadian patent no. CA-58,014 was issued November 5, 1897. |  |