| US Patent: 618,506 
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| Wrench | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Joseph H. Hanson (exact or similar names) - Crystal Falls, MI |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Apr. 21, 1897 |  
| Granted: | Jan. 31, 1899 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Joseph H. Hanson patent January 31, 1899 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The patented feature is adjustment by a rack bar held in engagement with rack teeth by a ball or balls.  The ball or balls can be retracted by turning sockets in a parallel "bolt" toward the rack bar.
The adjustment means is shown applied to a combination nut & pipe "monkey wrench," to an adjustable chain wrench, and to an adjustable open end wrench. |  |