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Wrench Forum => Wrench Forum => Topic started by: stanley62 on December 16, 2012, 07:03:48 PM

Title: W and B Pipe/Monkey wrench
Post by: stanley62 on December 16, 2012, 07:03:48 PM

Found this monkey wrench with a jaw that make it look like it would grab a pipe.  I am not sure why there are teeth on the outer side of the jaw.  Maybe the pin can be pressed out the jaw rotated if it get warn.

  Jim

Title: Re: W and B Pipe/Monkey wrench
Post by: mikeswrenches on December 16, 2012, 09:01:13 PM

Jim,
      You are correct in your assumption that the pin is removeable and the external jaw may be used to replace the one that is worn out.  Kind of a neat idea.  See the following links for more info:

http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=28,487&type=D

http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=452,518&type=

Page 330 in Cope shows a picture of your wrench.

Nice find!!!

Mike

Title: Re: W and B Pipe/Monkey wrench
Post by: HeelSpur on December 17, 2012, 06:37:49 AM

Neat idea, they would never consider doing that nowadays though.

Gimme your mullah.

Title: Re: W and B Pipe/Monkey wrench
Post by: jimwrench on December 17, 2012, 12:00:08 PM

 Very neat wrench. Don't recall seeing one in the wild.

Title: Re: W and B Pipe/Monkey wrench
Post by: stanley62 on December 17, 2012, 03:06:36 PM

First on I've seen and at $5, hard to pass up.
Jim