US1369459A - Wrench - Google Patents

Description

UNITED. s'iii'rizs- JUDSON H. lVIISKIMEN, OF GLENDIVE, MONTANA.

WRENCH.

Specification of LettersI Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

Application filed February 2, 1920. Serial No. 355,662.

Be it known that l, JUn'seN irl. M Isiir sinn, citizen et' the United States, residing at Glendive, in the county oif .Dawson and .5 State oi lli/lontana, have invented certain new and useiful improves-ents in Wrenches; and l do hereby declare the following to be :i full, clear, and exact d scription or the invention, such will `eneble others shilied in the art to which it appertains to maire and use the same.

lill-y invention has for its object to pro- ".v'ide an improved Wrench that readily adjustable to nuts of diiierent sir/.es2 and, tosuch ends, generally stated, the invention consists or the novel devices and coinbinetiens ezt devices hereinafter described and deiined in the claim.

The Wrench, in its preferred term, is illi 'ated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicatey like vparts thrcuffhout the several views.

lererring te the drawings `Figure i. is a plen View of the Wrench, certain parts being removed;

i 2 is 'e perspective view nlete Wrench; and y Y A lig. is a perspective view showing one el? the movable jews of the Wrench7 the elements ot' the 'jews being separated.

ln the preferred lorm of the Wrench, able hand-piece is provided beth ends i fired and e ble jeu/s of the seine corsructien, :it bethv s, except `that the 35 jews at theorie end `re preieriilily larger t* eu these the other end. il `descripion oil' the iaxv construction at the one end wwill sufice th j ds.

olf the com- The handle or lever fl prefere.. ly a tiet steel bur. with -{lathe-ad portioiis its The head 5 is 'lernieu ufith en inteV or fixed nut-engaging gaiv 6, and, et t angle to the nut-engaging edge of new, said heed hes a iront edge 7,

with longitudinally s1 iced iriteuet 'i'crined with a slet S) tlmt Vis nearly parallel to the 7, end, on its iront edge, le formed with longitudinallyk spaced notches l0.

For eoperation With the fixed jaw 6,

The heao. (i. in its bottoni per-V there is a movable or adjustable jaw and this jaw is a bifurcated structure preferably made up or' liat cheek plates il, and en interposed relatively short spacing plate i2, said elements l1. and l2 being rigidly connected by rivets i3. The spaced portions oi the plates ll embrace or straddle the head 5 end are provided with a rigidly secured pin l/l that Works through the slot and engageeble with any one oi the loclr notches l0 thereof. The spacing plate l2, et its inner edge, hasa ratchet-like tooth l5 that is engageable with any one ox. the

ratchet teeth 8.

When the pin le is engaged with one or the notches l0, the tooth l5 will be engaged With one of the ratchet teeth 8 and thernut-engaging edges of the jaws 6v and il-12 will be parallel, or, as shown by itull lines in the drawings. To adjust the movable jew toward or from the fixed jaw, it is necessary first to rock the former to a position indicated by dotted lines vat the left in Fig. l, and then the said jaw, thus rocked, may be slid either towardorl from the iiXed jaw and may thereafter be reloclred to the head 6 in any of its several possible adjustments. rlfhe above noted adjustments may be quickly accomplished and the movable jaw is very rigidly locked in respect to the fixed jaw.

'l/Jhat I claim is "l Wrench comprising handle having a .t head with e fixed jaw, sai-l head hava notched slot and e notched iront edge, "u combination 'with :in adjustable jiewmede of sail.l head. and the ement with ther seid cheek plates em` ip ci laterally spaced cheek plates and an

Images