US Patent: RE3,852 - Improvement in Wrenches


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US Patent: RE3,852

Improvement in Wrenches

Patentees:

Lucius Jordan (exact or similar names) - Southington, CT

Leander E. Smith (exact or similar names) - Southington, CT

USPTO Classifications:

81/171

Tool Categories:

wrenches : wrench components : wrench handle components

wrenches : nut wrenches

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Collins & Co. - Collinsville, CT

Witnesses:

Oliver F. Perry

E. H. Sears

Patent Dates:
Granted:	Feb. 22, 1870

Reissue Information:
Reissue of 50,364 (Oct. 10, 1865)
Reissued as RE5,294 (Feb. 25, 1873)

Patent Pictures:

Jordan and Smith Pat. Reissue Feb. 22, 1870

USPTO (New site tip)
Google Patents
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Renewal rebuffed in 1872 (google / books )
Beginning of Supreme Court Decision Collins Company v. Loring Coes et. al

Description:

The "strain" of a monkey wrench adjusting screw is transferred to the main bar by a "step" held solid to the bar by a nut. One effort to further renew this patent was rebuffed in 1872. (see the first link)

This patent was the subject of protracted litigation between the Collins Company, Loring Coes, and A.G. Coes & Co. In March 1889 this patent was found void for want of novelty by the U.S. Supreme Court. (Sept. 2009: Collins Company v. Loring Coes et. al. -- has been digitized by Google/Books -- see second link )