| US Patent: 84,605 
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| Improvement in Wrenches Baxter's Adjustable S-Wrench
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| Patentee: |  |
 | William Baxter (exact or similar names) - Newark, NJ |  
 
| USPTO Classifications: |  | 81/77 |  
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Granted: | Dec. 01, 1868 |  
 
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| Description: |  | Adjustable S-Wrench consisting of two pieces mortised into each other, and connected with a left- and right-hand screw with a central knurl. With a graduated scale stamped on the side, the design could also function as an outside calipers. 
Corresponding British patent GB-186803985 (i.e. 3,985 of 1868) was granted Dec. 31, 1868. 
Improvements to the tenons were addressed in Baxter's July 17, 1883 patent (no. 281,432). |  |