US Patent: 266,595
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| Screw and Pipe Wrench
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Patentee:
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| William J. Owen (exact or similar names) - Nashville, TN |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Mar. 23, 1882 |
| Granted: |
Oct. 24, 1882 |
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William J. Owen patent October 24, 1882 |
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Description: |
| The nut and pipe jaws are adjusted by a left- and right-handed screw. The jaw shapes match the patent drawing. The jaws on the side with the adjusting screw have a pair of long notches to hold a drill bit tang as well as the transverse notches to grip pipe. The adjusting screw has holes for a nail or pin punch for extra leverage. These jaws are mounted inside a ratchet head. A thumb-screw activated toggle disengages one or the other of a pair of pawls to reverse the direction of the ratchet action.
A known example is marked OWEN; another example appeared as a "what's-it" on pg. 45 of the Dec. 2009 MWTCA Gristmill.
Corresponding Canadian patent CA-15,724 was granted Nov. 4, 1882.
The W.J. Armstrong October 14, 1884 drill feed-screw attachment (pat. no. 306,376) is shown on a ratchet frame resembling this patent. |
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