| US Patent: 254,643 
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| Combined Axle Cleaner and Wrench | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Charles H. Hamilton (exact or similar names) - Three Mile Bay, NY |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jan. 23, 1882 |  
| Granted: | Mar. 07, 1882 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Charles H. Hamilton patent March 7, 1882 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | This tongs type tool has a rectangular scraper on the end of one handle. The jaw halves form an extended socket with a round end to clean axle hubs and spindles, and one or more sizes of square wrenches for axle nuts on the other end.
A known example is marked C. H. HAMILTON 3 Mile Bay N.Y. inside the handles, and PAT'D MAR 7th '82 on the outside of the jaws. One handle end includes a scraper and the other a "square keyhole" shaped wrench opening comprising two square nut sizes. |  |