US Patent: 594,498
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Wrench
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Patentee:
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Edwin Franklin Stout (exact or similar names) - East Orange, NJ |
Manufacturer: |
Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Applied: |
Mar. 04, 1896 |
Granted: |
Nov. 30, 1897 |
Patent Pictures:
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Edwin Franklin Stout patent November 30, 1897 |
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Stan Schulz
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Description: |
A small spring-loaded thumb lever in the base of the fixed jaw controls a wedge-shaped toothed piece inside the fixed jaw that engages rack teeth on the shank of the movable jaw to hold the adjustment.
This is scaled to be appropriate for a bicycle or pocket wrench. |
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