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Wrench Forum => Wrench Forum => Topic started by: Lewill2 on July 05, 2017, 07:28:34 PM

Title: Craft Quick Adjust
Post by: Lewill2 on July 05, 2017, 07:28:34 PM

My latest acquisition, a Craft Quick Adjust like shown in Schulz #488. The description in Schulz has it misspelled. Marked Craft Patd inside a diamond. Didn't find a patent yet.

Title: Re: Craft Quick Adjust
Post by: bill300d on July 05, 2017, 08:16:11 PM

Interesting adjust mechanism. I've only seen the ones that were threaded on the one leg.

Title: Re: Craft Quick Adjust
Post by: turnnut on July 05, 2017, 08:53:08 PM

 Lewii2,

  around what years would you estimate that wrench to be from ?

 Frank

Title: Re: Craft Quick Adjust
Post by: Lewill2 on July 06, 2017, 05:12:35 AM

I'll have to check Copes again but I believe Craftsman started to make the roller style pipe wrench around 1907 so I'm guessing early 1900's.

Title: Re: Craft Quick Adjust
Post by: mikeswrenches on July 06, 2017, 05:56:30 AM

Here's the closest I could come to a patent for that type of mechanism.

http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=465272&typeCode=0

I see very few of the twisted handle wrenches, much less a quick adjust type. Very nice!

Mike

Title: Re: Craft Quick Adjust
Post by: Twertsy on July 06, 2017, 06:58:57 AM

Here are a couple that are close:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US589046A/en
https://patents.google.com/patent/US465272A/en

But I have a feeling the patent picture will show the twisted mechanism.  After all, that's the mechanism upon which the quick adjust depends.

Title: Re: Craft Quick Adjust
Post by: Plyerman on July 08, 2017, 08:59:15 AM

Yes that one is in great shape Les. Its original owner must have owned a hammer, too

Title: Re: Craft Quick Adjust
Post by: Yadda on July 08, 2017, 02:10:16 PM

Quote from: Plyerman on July 08, 2017, 08:59:15 AM

Yes that one is in great shape Les. Its original owner must have owned a hammer, too

 :grin: