The Antique Wrench Patent Archive

Every grip the nineteenth century took on a nut

Combination tool

Line 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, 1870Patent 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 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 showing two interchangeable attachments for a handle: Fig. 1 depicts a curved cutting blade with a hooked jaw and adjusting thumb-screw, and Fig. 2 depicts a serrated wrench jaw with a similar curved handle and slot for the pivot bolt.IMPROVEMENT IN PIPE-WRENCHES WITH CUTTERS.William L. Truland · September 24, 1878Two 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 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 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 19th-century combination wrench showing a sliding jaw, toothed rack-bar, pivoted lever handle, screwdriver tip, and a detachable U-shaped pipe-wrench casing, with detail views of the jaw mechanism and wire-cutter.COMBINED NUT-WRENCH AND TOOLWilliam Henry Huston · October 21, 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, 1897Patent drawing of a Henry Alvin Dodge pump-wrench showing a hollow elliptical pump body (A) with a sliding wrench-stem (C) bearing a fixed jaw (L) and a movable jaw (O) on a shank (N), plus cross-sectional and top views revealing the internal plunger, ribs (K), finger-piece (R), and guide braces (G).PUMP-WRENCH.Henry Alvin Dodge · October 19, 1897Line drawing of a multi-part patent tool showing a round body-bar with a pipe-wrench jaw at one end, two adjustable pivoting arms with vise-jaws, points, and split jaws, and a separate handle with a boring bit, across five labeled figures.TOOL.Morrill Hart Poor · February 15, 1898