US1571328A - Wrench - Google Patents

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J. H. FLNIGAN WRENCH' Filed Jan. 24, 1925 v"FammiPeb. 2, i926. i i115713231 UNITED srATEs 1 a"r'1 -;1\1r OFFICE.

JOSEPH n. FLANIGAN, or SHEFHELD. ALABAMA. ,as'sIoNoR or ONE-HALF To o. A1i.

SHARP, or-sHEFFIELD, ALABAMA.

` WRENCH.

Application tiled January-24; 1`9'25.` Serial No. 4,553.

-70 all zc/wm, 'it *muy conce/mf jecting laterally and forwardly from this l5 Be it known that. l, .lossen H. FmivioAN, casting 20 is a -j'aw a citizen of the-.United States, residin'r at Mounted to move in' the bore is a Sheflield, in the county of Colbert and tate shank 25 pivoted at its upper vend to vthe ofY Alabama, have invented a new and use` 'front' end of arm` 2,` seid arm. being here fnl Wrench,A of which the following is a shown bifurcated toreceive' sai'd shank end. 60 speci leation. At the lower end ofthe shnk'and projecting This invention relates to wrenches and laterally outward therefroln is ajaw 26 more particularly to 'wrenches lhaving a slid-A which cooperates Withthe jaw 24 for grip- 10 ing jaw. ping an'object'to be held. l:This jaw l2(3.with 'lhe object of the .invention is to provide a the shank l25 lforms an" L-jsln'xpcd4 member. 65 wrench-of tliis character so constructed that which islllattened on its "sides and threaded it will pull eitherforward or backward and at its front and rear* edges .to' "icceivej an' adl which-has no springs tofbreak.' I justin nut 27', The lower "portion ot' the Another object is to so construct a wrench rear e geoftliefshank25 istootliedas shown of this character that the'adjustment of the at 28 to receive ajspring pressed pan-'l or lock 70 jaws is automatic; I i ing pin 29 equipped'itltsfouter.end with a With the foregoing and other objects in finger grip 30 forinanip'nlatingitand at its view whiclrwill'appcar as the 'description inner end Withfa'fh'ead:Bfleqiupped with a proceeds, the invention resides in the combitooth 32to engageu'tlefteeth28..` A VA coiled nation and arrangen'ient of parts and in the `spring fenc'ircles, the-.ini 29 aiid'fbears at 75 details of construction h-reinaiter described one end 'against th'elleli' f'lfiid:atfthe'othcr and claimed, 'it-4 being' -nnderstood `that Qiendagainst"thefinnrwall'o'faaecessinlchanges in the precise cxnlx'idiment of the'inwhich the spiingaridfheadfarehoused. This Vention herein disclosed may be ina-de with. spring projeotedpiiijbr'pawl locks the jawin the scope of 'what is claimed .without decarrylngshankQ' in' operativeV relation to $0 parting from the spirit ofthe invention. f jaw 24. .A i "I f f- I A l In the accompanying drawings From the above'descr-iptionit. will be obvi- Figure l represents a sid(` elevation ol a ous that the 'jaw ispivptally connected wrench constructed in accordance with this with the casting2l'wliile jaw'26'isfals0 pivinvention; otall connected with tlie'castingat-a. oint 85 Fig. 2 is a 'longitudinal vertical section in a Vance of the'pivotalfconnection"oijaw tl1ereof,.witli the handleshown iu elevation; 24. i .4

Fig. 3 is a top plan view; and' 'It will thus be seen that. thiswrench willj Fig. 4 is a horizontal section ltoken' on the pull 'either baclwar' orforward owing to .i f line 1f-Jl of Fig. 2; thepivotal mo'untingiof tliejaw's and the;en` 90 i ln the embodiment illustrated a casting or larged space in the` bore 23 in which the head 1 is shownhaving a forwardly extendshank 25 operates. y ingr linger or arm 2 anda rearwardly extend- The shank 2.")`wh iehl carries' tliljiuvlQG is inghandlc 3.- -,An cai-'4 'depends from'the removable to'providelfrtlie-substitution of casting llat thelias'e of the arm 2-'and has other jaws toadaptthe device' to'benscdfas a' 96 its opposed facesl morlised' out to receive-the vpipe-wrench, a..pipe- '(a'ii'ziiei'j','i a |inoi'1key--c -h' V furcations 21 and 22 of -a casting`20.; The wrench,anS-wrench'orf an endbwlrech ao! ear or lug 4 has an olliquclyjdisposed oval4 e'ordin r to tlie fo'r'inaton ofthe' jaws fused, aperture 5 therein, in which opcrates'a'jonr- ,The on ySpringfelmploye'dbein .thatitvllich nal having a' sleeve'Tsurronnding'it as is' holdstheplawl, engaged: with"Y e shank'gj 310eA shown clearly in Fig. 2 and which .pivotally avoids all da`rig=1ger1oif` reakegesifclifs often .connects 'the furcations 2l with thclug 4 andi; times occurswith wrenches using eprings.

permits said members 2Itaud'22 tomo've rela- I claimz, :A f ltively tothe castingfv fj l In a'wrench, a.z handle .portion liaving' a apnrposefpi-esently toyloe described. Proa jaw having" threaded movable through the bore and having Ifiiv'otal connection with @he extensionofthe handie, aidA v:shank havmgleth formed alongits rearedge, means carried by the, casting :x nd adapt- 5 ed -to engage thteeth to hold the janv und its sii-nik 'against movement, said shank haw.

ing V4.thread's, u nut on the threads and'engaging the casting tolock the jshank against Imovement in one direction, and' means for pending lug of the hndie.

'.In testimony that I claim the foi'egoincgr as myown, I have hereto axed my signature JOSEPH'H. FLANIGAN.

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