GB Patent: GB-190,819,604
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| A Quick-Adjustment Spanner
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Patentees:
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| Samuel Bibb (exact or similar names) - Heath Town , Wolverhampton, England |
| John Henry Boden (exact or similar names) - Tong Shifnal, Salop, England |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Sep. 18, 1908 |
| Granted: |
Jun. 10, 1909 |
| Antedated: |
Sep. 18, 1908 |
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Patent Pictures:
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Samuel Bibb & c. patent Sept. 18, 1908 |
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GB-190819604 (ESPACENET)
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Description: |
| A spring-loaded sliding piece in the movable jaw engages threads on an adjusting screw embedded in the main shank. This construction provides quick and screw adjustment.
Ron Geesin's "THE ADJUSTABLE SPANNER" describes the circumstances surrounding the tool's production.
Marked "THE CRAWFORD SPANNER CO. - DANBURY / CRAWFORD PATENT 19604-08 - MADE BY THE LONDON SMALL ARMS CO. LTD."
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" interposed to make the number total nine digits). This patent is #19,604 of the year 1908. |
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