The Antique Wrench Patent Archive

Every grip the nineteenth century took on a nut

19th century hand tool

Two side-view drawings of a hand wrench with a long handle and hinged ratchet-toothed jaws, one shown closed and the other open and gripping a burr, with an arrow indicating the turning direction.IMPROVED SCREW-WRENCH.F. Hollen and A. H. Pierce · February 25, 1862Patent drawing of a hand wrench showing a long flattened handle ending in a toothed segment that engages a sliding jaw opposite a fixed pivoted jaw, with sectional views illustrating the jaws in open and closed positions.IMPROVEMENT IN WRENCHESWilliam Morehouse · February 27, 1866Line drawing of a wooden-handled combination tool showing a screwdriver shank with interchangeable points, a pivoting wrench jaw, a screw-holding clamp, and a separate pointed awl bit, labeled with reference letters A through I across seven numbered figures.IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED TOOLS.George H. Miller · October 18, 1870Line drawing of a flat steel ripping tool with an angled hook-shaped handle, a notched cutting head holding an oblique blade flanked by two prongs, shown alone (Fig. 1) and inserted between two layers of cloth in two different guide orientations (Figs. 2 and 3).IMPROVEMENT IN RIPPING-TOOLS.Justus O. Woods · August 1, 1871Patent drawing of a rotary wrench showing a face view (Fig. 1) with adjustable jaws, a cogged wheel, and two pawls held by a spring, and an edge view (Fig. 2) showing the wheel, neck, collar, and thumb-screw mechanism, both mounted on a long curved wooden-style handle.Improvement in Rotary-WrenchAlmon Pitcher · October 1, 1872Patent drawing of a curved pipe wrench with a hooked serrated dog pivoting at the jaw end, shown gripping a small pipe in Figure 1 and a large pipe in Figure 2, with a cross-section of the pivot joint in Figure 3.IMPROVEMENT IN PIPE-WRENCHESHenry B. Wheatcroft · December 2, 1873Patent drawing of a 19th-century monkey wrench showing side, back, and cross-section views with labeled parts including the fixed jaw C, movable jaw D, adjusting screw E, sliding bar A, handle B, spring H, and control lever J.IMPROVEMENT IN WRENCHESEdward H. Knight · May 30, 1876Patent drawing of a pipe wrench showing a long handle A with a hooked jaw E at the top pivoted in a casing C, a sliding straight jaw F with knurled ridges, an adjusting screw rod G with a round thumb-piece G' below, and a separate detail view (Fig. 2) of the casing bracket with recesses c c.IMPROVEMENT IN PIPE-WRENCHESCharles Peterson and Anton Dunnebake · January 2, 1877Patent drawing of a 19th-century monkey wrench showing side, front, and back views with labeled jaws, threaded stem, and adjusting nut, along with several small cross-section diagrams of the jaw and flange design.IMPROVEMENT IN MONKEY-WRENCHES.Jay W. Powers · February 27, 1877Patent drawing of a hollow-handled wrench shown in vertical cross-section, with threaded jaw shanks visible inside, plus two small circular cross-section diagrams labeled Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 showing the oblong and round threaded shank profiles.WRENCHJames Shepard · March 27, 1877Patent drawing of a monkey wrench showing a fixed jaw at top, a sliding movable jaw with an internal locking screw and thumb-piece, a cross-section of the bar's mutilated threads, and a tapered wooden handle below, with hand-lettered part labels A through h.IMPROVEMENT IN MONKEY-WRENCHESAlbert A. Sanborn and Charles Burroughs · September 11, 1877Patent drawing of a combined wrench and vise showing a ratcheting head with two clamping jaws atop a long ruled handle, with a cross-sectional detail of the internal bolt, spring, and bridge mechanism.Combined Wrench and Vise.Homer Tompson Gates · December 18, 1877Patent drawing of a bit-stock wrench showing a conical shank with pivoted expanding jaws, a threaded funnel-shaped sleeve, and a ratchet-equipped variant attached to a brace handle.IMPROVEMENT IN BIT-STOCK WRENCHES.Quimby S. Backus · June 24, 1879Two side-by-side patent drawings of a combined pipe-tongs and wrench tool, each showing a hooked frame labeled A and B with an internal toothed sliding bar H and pivoted lever F, one figure depicting the tongs configuration and the other a cross-section showing the wrench configuration with hatched internal parts.COMBINED PIPE-TONGS AND WRENCHElbridge F. Barnes · July 31, 1883Patent drawing showing a long-handled wrench with a sliding jaw bar containing internal spring-loaded roller chambers, shown in assembled and open views with detail insets of the roller and cover plate.AUTOMATIC SELF-SETTING WRENCHBenjamin F. Bennett · November 6, 1883Patent drawing of a wrench with a sliding toothed jaw on a main bar, a hinged lever handle connected by pivoted fulcrum braces, and a small locking loop clasp, shown in four figures.SELF-ADJUSTING FULCRUM-LEVER WRENCHBenjamin F. Bennett · April 15, 1884Patent drawing of a wrench with an elongated tapered handle ending in a screwdriver tip at top and a curved gripping jaw with ratchet teeth at bottom, with two detailed close-up views (Fig. 1 and Fig. 2) showing the pivoting jaw, coiled spring, set-screw, and locking lug mechanism.WRENCHAlbert Langstrom · June 1, 1886Patent drawing of a monkey-wrench-style tool showing an angled handle with a sliding jawed head, a thumb-nut adjustment collar, and a retractable screwdriver blade housed within the handle, with four labeled figures illustrating the assembled tool, cross-sections, and the screwdriver detail.COMBINED WRENCH AND SCREW-DRIVER.Burr Albert Haines · September 17, 1889Patent drawing of a long-shanked adjustable wrench with a fixed jaw at top, a sliding movable jaw with an embedded spring pawl, a threaded bolt running down the shank into a rotating nut inside a pivoted hollow handle, and detail insets of the jaw, stay-block, and internal nut.WRENCH.Frank Stacey Chaney · April 28, 1891Patent drawing of a monkey wrench showing the handle, notched shank, sliding jaw with internal pawl and spring mechanism, and a hammer-shaped rigid head, with multiple cutaway and detail views labeled with reference letters A through L.MONKEY-WRENCH.Henry Bivin · February 27, 1894Patent drawing of an adjustable wrench with a long shank, squared bit end, pivoted spreading jaws at the top, and a threaded rod with wing nut for locking the jaw spread, shown in side view, cross-section, and end view.WRENCH.Charles W. Loeffler · April 9, 1895Patent drawing of a ratchet wrench showing a sectioned side view with internal ratchet, pawl, spring, and wooden handle, plus front and rear detail views of the ratchet head and pawl.RATCHET-WRENCH.Henry Markel · September 24, 1895Patent drawing showing a long-handled wrench with a sliding jaw mechanism, an offset toothed jaw head, and a detailed perspective view of the internal link and pivot parts.WRENCH.Theodor Geisel · February 11, 1896Patent drawing of a combined pipe and nut wrench showing two hinged jaws, one smooth curved and one with a corrugated removable face-plate, connected via a pivoted link and toggle mechanism to a long handle, with numbered reference lines pointing to each part.COMBINED PIPE AND NUT WRENCH.Robert James Thompson · July 7, 1896Patent drawing of a ratchet monkey wrench showing the long handle, a rotatable jawed head with sliding jaws, an internal ratchet ring, and detail views of the linkage bolt and dog mechanism.RATCHET MONKEY-WRENCHClayton E. Frederickson · June 7, 1898