| CA Patent: CA-15,724 
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| Improvements on Wrenches | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | William J Owen (exact or similar names) - Nashville, TN |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jul. 20, 1882 |  
| Granted: | Nov. 04, 1882 |  
 
CIPO Data| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | William J. Owen patent Nov. 4, 1882 - edited from Canadian Patent Office Record |  Espacenet patent
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 15,724 in Canadian Patents Database
 
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| Description: |  | Reversible ratchet wrench with adjustable jaws within the ratchet head. The jaws on one side of the head are flat for nuts; on the other side they have notched and grooved surfaces to grip pipe, drill bit tangs, etc. The jaws adjust with a left- and right-hand threaded screw.
Corresponding U.S. patent 266,595 was granted Oct. 24, 1882. 
In that patent, the addresses are in Tennessee, the drawings here give a Vermont address for the attorney. 
A known example of the wrench is marked only "OWEN." |  |