US Patent: 15,184 
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Pipe Wrench Wrench for Gas-Pipe, etc.
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 | Gustavus A. Jenks (exact or similar names) - Worcester, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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Jun. 24, 1856 | 
 
 
 
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Gustavus A. Jenks patent June 24, 1856  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The wrench has teeth on the end of the handle stock, and a spring loaded hook jaw mounted on the adjustable portion. The overall leverage of the wrench increases as the jaws are opened. The specifications cite this as an improvement on Bartholomew & Merrick's 1849 patent 6,002 (shown as Fig. 1 in the drawings), where the leverage decreases as the jaw opening increases.
This patent noted in patent no. 18,135. |  
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