| US Patent: 226,149 
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| Wrench | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | James H. Alexander (exact or similar names) - Mystic River, CT |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Nov. 29, 1879 |  
| Granted: | Apr. 06, 1880 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | James H. Alexander patent April 6, 1880 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The patent is for a socket wrench turned by a hand wheel while steadied by a handle in line with the socket. It was conceived as an axle nut wrench. |  |