Datamp.org Patents https://www.datamp.org/ Recently added patents en-us US Patent: 566,176 https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=47848&pn=566,176 Combination Tool Patentees: Henry Hunt - Wilkes-Barre PA , Henry Hunt Jr. - Wilkes-Barre PA Granted:1896-08-18

Hollow handle adjustable nut wrench with storage for an oil can, and an extendable screwdriver blade. Wrench collector Don Ervin fabricated a "one-off" piece incorporating an oiler with this construction.
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US Patent: 48,027 https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=13739&pn=48,027 Improvement in Tools Patentee: A. W. Park - Norwich CT Granted:1865-05-30
Manufactured by Boardman & Co. - Norwich CT
Assigned to C. J. Winters - Norwich CT

This combination tool includes hammer, claw, monkey-wrench, socket-wrench, and screw-driver. The common name comes from the patentee of an improvement on this tool. That patent is dated July 10, 1866 (Pat. No 56,166 ).
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US Patent: 847,601 https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=24901&pn=847,601 Ratchet-Wrench Patentee: George B. Pickop - New Britain CT Granted:1907-03-19
Manufactured by Crescent Mfg. Co. - New York NY

A spur on the handle fits into one of a series of notches on the top of the socket. Produced as the "PICK-UP PAT'D" -- most commonly found as a deep spark plug socket; also produced as the ratchet handle for a socket set, etc.
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US Patent: 765,007 https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=48377&pn=765,007 Pipe Wrench Patentee: Frank A. Headson - Lafayette IN Granted:1904-07-12
Manufactured by Headson Tool & Mfg. Co. - Lafayette IN
Assigned to Max Pottlitzer - Lafayette IN

A link with a spring-loaded pawl connects the handle and movable jaw. Push the handle forward to tighten, relax the pawl to open the jaws. Corresponding British patent GB-190415556 was registered July 12, 1904.
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US Patent: 359,722 https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=39127&pn=359,722 Wrench Patentee: James F. Guthrie Jr. - Somerville MA Granted:1887-03-22
Manufactured by Walworth Mfg. Co. - Boston MA
Assigned to Thomas C. Ashley - Boston MA

The adjusting nut sets in a rotating block. Marketed as Ashley's Patent. The specifications note and disclaim any features covered by patent nos. 65,111, 133,804 166,428, and 182,492. ASHLEY's pipe wrench appears in late 19th Century WALWORTH catalogs; a known example is marked WALWORTH, (with dates that may correspond to a patent assignment?).
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