The Antique Wrench Patent Archive

Every grip the nineteenth century took on a nut

19th century patent

Two side-view patent drawings of hand wrenches, each showing a long handle, a threaded adjusting nut, a sliding jaw carriage, and a hooked claw jaw at the top, labeled Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 with lettered parts A through G.WRENCH FOR GAS-PIPE, &c.Gustavus A. Jenks · June 24, 1856Patent drawing showing a ship's windlass with chain, ratchet wheels, pump-brake heavers, and a detailed double-acting pawl with counterweight mechanism shown in multiple views.SHIP'S WINDLASSPeter H. Jackson · December 16, 1856Patent drawing showing a hammer-and-wrench multiple tool: Fig. 1 depicts the hammer head attached above a forked socket-wrench body with an internal socket, Fig. 2 shows the hammer mounted atop a long walking-stick handle, and Fig. 3 gives a bottom view of the wrench's square recessed jaws.IMPROVEMENT IN MULTIPLE TOOLHenry J. Harris · September 13, 1870Patent drawing showing a spoked wheel with a lever-clamp device gripping its axle, plus a detailed perspective view of the curved, roughened clamp jaw mechanism below.IMPROVEMENT IN LEVER-CLAMPSVan Court Yantis · March 20, 1877Patent drawing showing four figures of a 19th-century combination wrench and pipe cutter, including full side views with wooden handles, a top view of the jaw mechanism, and a small detached rotary cutting disk on a shaft.IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED WRENCH AND PIPE-CUTTERBernard Donohue · September 25, 1877Patent drawing of a combination nut and tap wrench showing a tapered shank with two side arms holding opposing jaws adjusted by right-and-left-hand screws with milled and T-shaped heads, alongside a front and end view of the same mechanism.IMPROVEMENT IN NUT AND TAP WRENCHESJoseph Goodrich · December 10, 1878Patent drawing of a monkey wrench with a stationary jaw B and sliding jaw C on a threaded shank, alongside interchangeable attachments including a pipe-threading die, bolt-threading die box, pipe cutter, and nut tap, each fitted with an arm L to insert into a socket on the sliding jaw.IMPROVEMENT IN MONKEY-WRENCHESBaziel Winans Lloyd · July 22, 1879Patent drawing showing four views of hinged pipe tongs with triangular jaws, a sliding yoke, and long handles used to grip and turn oil-well tubing.IMPROVEMENT IN TUBING-TONGSLemuel W. Young · September 2, 1879Patent drawing of a ratchet wrench showing five figures: a perspective view of the assembled tool with adjustable jaws and knurled screw, two cross-sectional views revealing internal pawls and ratchet teeth, a small circular cross-section, and an enlarged perspective of the head with parts broken away to show the sliding jaw mechanism.WRENCH.Ernest Frederick Rettberg and Charles Carroll Ellis · February 2, 1886Patent drawing of a flat wrench with multiple hexagonal openings of different sizes, a detachable double-bladed screwdriver clamped to one end by a set screw and plate, shown in two side views, applied to a bicycle spoke, and in cross-section.COMBINATION-TOOLReinhard T. Torkelson · October 16, 1888Patent drawing showing a curved two-piece hub wrench with pivot bolt, jaws gripping an axle nut, and knurled binding screws on the outer ends, along with detail perspectives of the individual members.HUB-WRENCH.Melville Beach · July 8, 1890Patent drawing showing three views of a combination hand tool with a crank handle, a slotted stock containing a sliding plunger, and pivoted jaws at the tip that can be adapted to grip a nut, a bit shank, or a screw-driving blade.WRENCH.Fred E. Putnam · December 2, 1890Patent drawing showing three views of a combined monkey and pipe ratchet wrench: a side view with a long handle and geared head, a slim edge view of the handle, and a modified version with integral jaws and a spur-gear plate.COMBINED MONKEY AND PIPE RATCHET WRENCH.Samuel M. Friede · September 4, 1894Patent drawing showing three views of a fireman's combined hose-strap and spanner tool: a side elevation with a hooked spanner head and folded strap (Fig. 1), a cross-sectional detail of the shank and strap (Fig. 2), and a perspective view of the tool used to suspend a length of hose via a looped strap (Fig. 3).HOSE-STRAP AND SPANNER.Thomas Haley · March 30, 1897