The Antique Wrench Patent Archive

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1870 patent wrench

Patent drawing of a Capewell wrench showing four figures: an open handle with sliding jaw bar and coil spring (Fig. 1), a similar wrench with a fixed outer jaw and sliding inner jaw on a metal bar (Fig. 2), a cross-section through the jaw (Fig. 3), and a hammer-face end view of the second wrench pattern (Fig. 4).WRENCHGeorge J. Capewell · January 18, 1870