GB Patent: GB-188,914,080 
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Wrenches Carriage Wrench
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	        Patentee:
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 | William Phillips Thompson (exact or similar names) - Liverpool,  England |  
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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Sep. 06, 1889 | 
 
 
 
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W.P. THOMPSON (agent) patent registered Sept. 6, 1889 - edited from  "Abridgments of  Specifications."  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| "S" hooks on spring steel strip hook to carriage axle spokes. The center of the the strip holds a solid or adjustable jaw wrench for the axle nut. Based on the "Abridged Specification" this corresponds to Canadian patent CA-32581 which in turn incorporates features from U.S. patents 390,731, 420,981, and 426,224 granted to Frederick A. Wegner of Three Rivers, Michigan.  W. W. Leggett & Co. has not been identified.
In keeping with British patent options of the period, the patent is listed in the name of a British patent agent. 
Note: Early British patents (pre 1916) were numbered by the year and started at patent #1 at the start of each year in January. The patent # used in DATAMP represents the year of registration and the patent # (with leading zeros to make the number total nine digits). This patent is #14,080 of the year 1889. |  
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