| US Patent: 85,276 
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| Improvement in Wrenches | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | John Burt (exact or similar names) - Fall River, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Granted: | Dec. 29, 1868 |  
 
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| Description: |  | The patent is for a spring within a wrench jaw for the purpose of holding a nut such as a carriage axle nut.
A malleable iron "box end" carriage wrench with this spring clip, and marked with this patent date is known; the maker is not known. |  |