GB Patent: GB-186,903,517 
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| Wrenches
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	        Patentees:
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 | Abraham Ripley (exact or similar names) - Southwark, Surrey,  England |  
| John Wormald (exact or similar names) - Southwark, Surrey,  England |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Granted: | 
Dec. 04, 1869 | 
 
 
 
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A. Ripley and J. Wormald patent Dec. 4, 1869 - edited from Abridgments of Specifications  |  
 
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        Description: |  
| Straight jaw "alligator" pipe wrench; the inventor's names and addresses were ascertained from other sources.
A June 1870 writeup identifies the manufacturer as Bury & Co. of Sheffield. 
See also Ripley's successor patent GB-187001295. 
Note: Early English patents (pre 1916) were numbered by the year and started at patent #1 at the start of each year in January. The patent # used in DATAMP represents the year of registration and the patent # (with "leading zeros" interposed to make the number total nine digits). This patent is #3,517 of the year 1869. |  
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