US Patent: 551,399
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| Chain Pipe Wrench
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Patentee:
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| John Hoitt Newell (exact or similar names) - Hurley, WI |
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Patent Dates:
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May 17, 1895 |
| Granted: |
Dec. 17, 1895 |
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John H. Newell patent December 17, 1895 |
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Stan Schulz
NEWELL Chain Pipe Wrench (FLICKR)
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Description: |
| Improvement on patent no. 526,047 and previous designs. The wrench features a bifurcated foot, and an adjustable takeup.
Corresponding Canadian patent no. CA-51,363 issued February 17, 1896 provides the inventor's full name.
One ad for the wrench appears in an annual -- "Proceedings of the ... annual convention of the American Railway, Bridge and Building Association." A June 1907 HARDWARE DEALERS listing gives the manufacturer as the DUDLY TOOL CO. of Menominee, MI. A known example is marked "NEWELL WRENCH PAT. DEC. 17-95" and "MANF'D BY THE MENOMINEE WRENCH CO. MENOMINEE, MICH." |
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