US Patent: 583,699 
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| Pipe Wrench
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	        Patentee:
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 | James C. Burgess (exact or similar names) - Yountsville, IN |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Apr. 30, 1896 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Jun. 01, 1897 | 
 
 
 
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James C. Burgess patent June 1, 1897  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The size adjustment is set by a clamping screw that engages teeth on the movable jaw with rack teeth on the main shank.  A swinging jaw face on the movable jaw is shifted into engagement or release by an auxiliary lever handle. |  
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