https://www.datamp.org/ Recently added patents en-us https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=85885&pn=189,119,618 Improvements in adjustable screw spanners or screw wrenches Patentee: Andrew Samuel Sansom - London England Granted:1891-11-19
Manufactured by W. A. Lloyd & Co., LTD - Birmingham England

Entry based on "Abridgments of Specifications." Combination quick and screw adjustment; advertised as the "Grappler." Ron Geesin's entry for W.A. Lloyd & Co. shows an example, and it is illustrated in a March 1895 item in THE IRONMONGER. 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 standard patent # convention for these uses the year of registration and the patent #, with "leading zeros" interposed to make the number total nine digits. This patent is #19,618 of the year 1891.
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=58582&pn=189,220,928 Spanners Patentee: John Herbert Wynn - Birmingham England Granted:1892-11-18
Manufactured by Wynn, Timmins & Co. - Birmingham England

Adjustment screw placed at the end of the head. Patent information from "Abridgments of Specifications" and Ron Geesin's book THE ADJUSTABLE SPANNER. Used in WYNN, TIMMINS & Co. "CENTURY." 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 # convention for these combines the year of registration and the patent # (with "leading zeros" interposed to make the number total nine digits). This patent is #20,928 of the year 1892.
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=85884&pn=189,313,897 Improvements in Spanners Patentee: William Durant - Chapeltown Yorkshire England Granted:1894-05-19
Manufactured by Thomas A. Ashton "Speedwell" Works - Sheffield England

Entry based on "Abridgments of Specifications." Ron Geesin's THE ADJUSTABLE SPANNER shows an example of the Durant patent, but failed to identify the manufacturer. Items in 1896-1897 trade journals note introduction of the wrench. 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 # convention adopted for these uses the year of registration and the patent # (with "leading zeros" interposed to make the number total nine digits). This patent is #13,897 of the year 1893.
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=85883&pn=189,313,389 Improvements in Monkey Wrenches Patentees: Pratt Edwin Sylvester - Parry Sound ON Canada , Alfred Julius Boult - London England Granted:1893-08-12

Entry based on "Abridgments of Specifications;" British patent corresponding to U.S. patent 502,997. A.J. Boult was a British patent agent. "The object of the invention is to provide a monkey-wrench which can be adjusted quickly for the purpose of suiting various sizes of heads or be adjusted like any ordinary screw monkey-wrench, and it consists essentially of a monkey wrench having its loose head adjusted upon the shank of the monkey wrench by means of a screw arranged to be thrown in or out of connection with the rack ..." 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 # convention for these combines the year of registration and the patent # (with "leading zeros" interposed to make the number total nine digits). This patent is #13,389 of the year 1893.
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]]> https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=85882&pn=188,411,861 Wrench Patentee: E. Barnes - unk unk Granted:1884-09-02
Manufactured by Wynn, Timmins & Co. - Birmingham GB

Entry based on entry in "Abridgments of Specifications" BARNES SPOKE GRIP appears in an 1896 Wynn, Timmins ad. A known example is marked "BARNES PATENT / 11861/ Sep. 2, 1884" 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 standard patent # convention for these uses the year of registration and the patent #, with "leading zeros" interposed to make the number total nine digits. This patent is #11,861 of the year 1884.
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