US Patent: 285,048 
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| Fruit Jar Opener
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	        Patentee:
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 | Gustave Adolph M. Liljencrantz (exact or similar names) - Chicago, IL |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Aug. 02, 1883 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Sep. 18, 1883 | 
 
 
 
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G. A. M. Liljencrantz patent September 18, 1883  |  
 
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        Description: |  
| The opener consists of two tools. A strap wrench holds the container. A wrench with two fixed contacts and a third sliding bolt contact is designed to work with screw-on lids with an exterior lug. 
Liljencrantz received a  patent (no. 286,836) for another type of jar opener on Oct. 16, 1883. |  
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