| US Patent: 269,072 
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| Pipe Wrench | 
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| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Oct. 18, 1882 |  
| Granted: | Dec. 12, 1882 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | John Lee patent Dec. 12, 1882 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The patent is for the pipe-gripping wedge in the movable jaw. The adjustment wedge mechanism is the subject of Lee's parallel patent (no. 269,073).
Ken Cope's "American Wrench Makers 1830-1930" posits Russell Wrench & Novelty Co. produced the Russell wrenches based on the patent assignment. |  |