| US Patent: 280,673 
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| Wrench | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Carl Schinke (exact or similar names) - St. Louis, MO |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jan. 27, 1883 |  
| Granted: | Jul. 03, 1883 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Carl Schinke patent July 3, 1883 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | Self-adjusting nut wrench. This would have been very clumsy as the working opening is so small in relation to the overall size.
Ken Cope's "American Wrench Makers 1830-1930" asserts the St. Louis Iron and Machine Works produced the wrench, based on the assignment. |  |