| US Patent: 1,382,247 
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| Device for operating the jaws of spanners and the like | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Robert Schäfer (exact or similar names) - Erfurt,  Germany |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Apr. 28, 1920 |  
| Granted: | Jun. 21, 1921 |  
 
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 'VELOX" and "RAPID" spanners (Feb. 1922 ad) - edited (FLICKR)
 
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| Description: |  | An internal "nut" with interior threads and exterior "interrupted threads" is at the heart of this quick / screw adjustment means. The original German patents were DE-336,765 for the wrench, and DE-340,796 for the vise. The wrench was produced as the "RAPID" together with Schäfer's DE-340,985 as the "VELOX." 
Both were advertised together in 1921 / 1922.
Note: Some machine translations will transliterate Schäfer into Schaefer. |  |