US Patent: 1,729,640 
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| Wrench
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	        Patentee:
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 | Charles Vallone (exact or similar names) - Buffalo, NY |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Aug. 11, 1925 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Oct. 01, 1929 | 
 
 
 
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Charles Vallone patent Oct. 1, 1929  |  
 
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        Description: |  
| The patent is for an adjusting "worm" for wrenches that  has small indents on one end that ride against spring-loaded "ratchet teeth" to form an adjustment lock.  The patent is shown applied to both adjustable "open end" and "auto monkey wrench" types of adjustable wrenches. |  
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