US Patent: 161,022 
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| Improvement in Wrenches
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	        Patentee:
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 | George W. Freeman (exact or similar names) - Indianapolis, IN |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Sep. 28, 1874 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Mar. 23, 1875 | 
 
 
 
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George W. Freeman Pat. March 23, 1875  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The wrench has "scroll-shaped" openings with interchangeable insertable sockets that have a number of teeth around their circumference.  The single "tooth" on the scroll can engage with a tooth on the socket to transfer force.  There are no springs or pawls in this construction. |  
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