US Patent: 492,435 
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| Pipe Wrench
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	        Patentee:
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 | Silas B. Rittenhouse (exact or similar names) - Liberty Mills, IN |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Jul. 06, 1892 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Feb. 28, 1893 | 
 
 
 
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Silas B. Rittenhouse patent February 28, 1893  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| Alligator jaw type pipe wrench with the size of the opening adjusted by a wedge.  The position of the wedge is held by small rack teeth, with or without an adjusting nut.  
The end of the handle is formed into a hammer, although that feature is not included in the claims. |  
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