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US Patent: 1,565,338
Wrench
Patentee:
William O. Thewes (exact or similar names) - North Ridgeville, OH

USPTO Classifications:
81/101

Tool Categories:
wrenches : pipe wrenches

Assignees:
Ridge Tool Co. - North Ridgeville, OH

Manufacturer:
Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:
Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied: Sep. 20, 1923
Granted: Dec. 15, 1925

Patent Pictures:
Patent 1,565,338 -- edited from PATENT GAZETTE
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Description:
Patent includes details of a friction-reducing ball bearing which acts as the bearing point for the movable jaw, a spring pressed "shoe" holding the adjustable jaw in contact with the ball bearing, and details of the gripping teeth on the fixed and adjustable jaws.

This patent is not noted in "official" histories of the evolution of RIDGID pipe wrenches -- 1,549,164, 1,552,091, 1,727,623, etc.

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