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 Patented Apr. 8, 1924. 1489.458
UNITED STATES PATENT office.
WILLIAMPETERSEN, OF DE WITT, NEBBASKA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-EALF TO JULES A
SIRE, OF DE WITT, NEBRASKA .
WRENCE,
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Application filed January 5, 1923. Serial No. 610,831.

To all whom it may concern. trating a wrench constructed in accordance .
Be it known that I, WILLIAMPETERscN, a with an embodiment of my invention;
citizen of the United States, residing at be Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view
Witt, in the county of Saline and State of taken through the device as illustrated in
5 Nebraska, have invented certain new and Figure 1 with certain of the parts in eleva- 60
useful Improvements in Wrenches, of which tion;
the following is a specification, reference be Figure 3 is a fragmentary elevational view
ing had to the accompanying drawings. showing the jaws relatively adjusted for use
his invention relates to certain improve as pliers; and
10 ments in wrenches and it is an object of the igure 4 is a cross sectional view taken 65
invention to provide a device of this general substantially on the line IV-IV of Fig
character having novel and improved means ure 3.
whereby the same can be employed with
equal facility as pliers and which can also As disclosed in the accompanying draw
s be employed in substantially the same man ings, A denotes an elongated handle member
of channel formation but having its outer 70
ner as
wrench. a ratchet wrench and also as a pipe end portion 1 closed as at 2, said end por
tion having threaded axially therethrough a
Another object of the invention is to pro shank 3. The outer end portion of the
vide a novel and improved device of this
20 general character comprising a stationary shank 3 is provided with a head 4 whereby
said shank may be conveniently adjusted. 75
jaw and a movable jaw together with means The inner end portion of the shank 3 is pro
for shifting the movable jaw relative to the vided with a point 5 for a purpose to be
stationary jaw. hereinafter more particularly referred to.
It is also an obiect of the invention to The opposite end portion of the handle A
25 provide a novel and improved device of this
general character comprising a stationary isdisclosed
provided with a stationary jaw 6 herei) 80
as having its working face dis
jaw and a movable jaw together with an ar posed on an angle of approximately 22 de
ticulated lever associated with the movable grees with respect to the handle A. The por
jaw for adjusting the same relative to the tion 7 of the handle A immediately adjacent
30 stationary jaw, one of the sections of the
to the jaw 6 is transversely enlarged and 85
articulated lever being extended to provide the outer or free edges of the side walls of
an operating handle.
. Another object of the invention is to pro said posed
enlarged portion 7 are arcuate and dis
on a curvature concentric to the pivot
vide a novel and improved wrench
35 ing a stationary jaw and a movable jaw to
embody member or pin 8. w
The member or pin 8 is supported by the 90
gether with operating means for the mov side walls of the portion 7 of the handle, A.
able jaw wherein a retractable member is as and bridges, the space therebetween This
sociated with said operating means for urg pin or member 8 is also freely disposed
ing the movable jaw in a direction away through an inwardly directed wing or flange
40 from the stationary jaw.
9 carried by the movable iaw 0. The wing 95
The invention consists in the details of or flange 9 fits substantially snug between
construction and in the combination and ar the side walls of the portion 7 of the handle
rangement of the several parts of my im A while the under surface of said jaw 10 at
45
proved wrench whereby certain important opposite sides of the wing or flange 9 has
advantages
dered simpler,are less
attained and the
expensive anddevice ren close contact with the outer arcuate edges 100
otherwise just hereinbefore referred to.
more convenient and advantageous for use, The working face is disposed on such an
as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. gle that when the movable jaw 10 is at the
The novel features of my invention will limit of its movement toward the stationary
50, hereinafter be definitely claimed. jaw 6 the outer ends of said jaws 6 and 10 10
In order that my invention may be the are in contact with the opposed working
better understood, I will now proceed to de faces of said jaws disposed inwardly by
scribe the same with reference to the accom divergence. By this relative arrangement of
panying drawings, wherein:- the working faces of the jaws 6 and 10 the
56 Figure 1 is a view in side elevation illus tool is capable of being readily and conven- ill
 1480,458
iently used as pliers. The working faces
d it may be assembled and operated, and it
of the jaws 6 and 10 are also roughened in a will also be obvious that my invention is
conventional manner to facilitate their grip susceptible of some change and modifica
ping action when the tool is employed ass a tion without departing from the principles
wrench. and spirit thereof and for this reason I do
The inner end portion of the movable jaw not wish to be understood as limiting my
10 has pivotally engaged therewith a sec self to the precise arrangement and forma O
tion 11 of an articulated lever, said lever tion of the several parts herein shown in
comprising two sections the second section carrying out my invention in practice ex
O 12 being adapted to extend within the han: cept as hereinafter claimed.
dle A and have contact with the inserted (nal claim:
of the shank 3. The pivoted end portion 1. A tool of the class described, compris s
of the section 11 of the articulated lever is sing, in combination, a handle provided with
extended to provide an operating handle 14. a stationary jaw, a movable jaw, means for
15 Upon pressure being imposed upon the lever pivotally connecting the movable jaw, an
and with the section 12 in contact with the articulated lever having one section piv
inserted end of the shank 3 the movalileia wotally engaged with the movable jaw, a mem 80
10 will be forced toward the stationary jaw ber adjustable longitudinally of the handle
6 whereby the work may be effectively and with which the second section of the
20 gripped between said jaws. articulated lever is adapted to contact, and
Engaged with the wing or flange 9 of the automatic means for moving the movable
movable jaw 10 at a point outwardly of the jaw
pivot member or pin8 is an end portion of aW. in a direction away from the stationary
the retractible member 15, herein disclosed 2. A tool of the class described compris
25 as a coil spring, the opposite end portion of ing a handle member of channel formation
said member 15 being suitably enchored to provided with a stationary jaw, one end por
the handle A. This retractible member or tion of the handle member being closed, a
spring 15 provides means whereby the jaw shank threaded through said closed end por
10 is automatically moved into open position tion of the handle member, a movable jaw
30 so that my improved tool may be employed carried by the handle member for coaction
with substantially the same convenience and
the effectiveness as a ratchet wrench.
with the stationary jaw, an articulated lever
having one end portion pivotally connected
By moving the shank 3 inwardly or out with the movable jaw, a second section of
wardly of the handle A the fulcrum for the the lever being adapted to have contact with
35 section 12 of the articulated lever may be the inserted end of the shank, the first sec
adjusted as the necessities of practice may tion of the lever being extended to provide 100
prefer and whereby the jaw 10 may be ad an operating handle, and means within the
justed relative to the jaw 6 in accordance handle member and coacting with the mov
with the work and which adjustment may able jaw for automatically moving the mov
40 be made as desired and to the closest possible
degree. able jawjaw.
in a direction away from the sta
tionary
It has been fully demonstrated in practice 3. A tool of the class described compris 105
that my improved tool can be engaged with ing a handle member of channel formation
the work with the grip of a vise and par provided with a stationary jaw, one end por
45 ticularly when the operating handle 14 has tion of the handle member being closed, a
been swung outward and the handle A is shank threaded through said closed end por 10
beyond center and the shank 3 adjusted to tion of the handle member, a movable jaw
further force the jaw 10 into engagement carried by the handle member for coaction
with the work interposed between the jaws with the stationary jaw, an articulated lever
50 6 and 10. having one end portion pivotally connected
The outer or free end of the second sec with the movable jaw, a second section of
tion 12 of the articulated lever is provided the lever being adapted to have contact with 15
with a pocket or recess 16 which receives the the inserted end of the shank, the first sec
point 5 provided at the inner or inserted end tion of the lever being extended to provide
of the shank 3. By this means the section 12 an operating handle, and a retractile mem
is maintained in effective engagement with ber secured to the movable jaw and to the O
the shankoperation.
3 and more especially during a handle, said retractile
working
From the foregoing description it is automatically
open position. move themember operating
movable to
jaw into
60 thought to be obvious that a wrench con In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my
structed in accordance with my invention is signature.
particularly well adapted for use by reason
of the convenience and facility with which WILLIAMPETERSEN.