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Wrench Forum => Wrench Forum => Topic started by: Brophy on November 12, 2012, 07:29:24 AM

Title: UTILEX multitool/wrench
Post by: Brophy on November 12, 2012, 07:29:24 AM

(cross posted on GG)


Found this neat multitool at the flea yesterday...


(http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy359/brophpix/m1.jpg)


It's stamped PAT no 579210 REG DES 841889 BRITISH MADE  UTILEX 641535

(http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy359/brophpix/m2.jpg)


Hammer, nail remover, prybar, screwdriver, rule and file....that's a lot of useless for a buck!

...Rob

Title: Re: UTILEX multitool/wrench
Post by: Branson on November 12, 2012, 07:57:06 AM

Pretty irresistible though.

Title: Re: UTILEX multitool/wrench
Post by: jimwrench on November 12, 2012, 08:57:23 AM

 If you want to double your money, I'll be available. Seriously its a lot nicer tool than I expected when I pulled this thread up. Nice find.

Title: Re: UTILEX multitool/wrench
Post by: rusty on November 12, 2012, 09:10:30 AM

It is a neat tool.
As originally invented, it was probably a little less useless, it was supposed to be a glass tool with a cutter and breaker, somewhere along the way those features got dropped....

http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=worldwide.espacenet.com&II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=19460726&CC=GB&NR=579210A&KC=A

Filed in 1944, but not issued till 1946

PDF: http://www.adjustable.archivist.info/patents/GB/1946/GB579210A.pdf

There are other interesting things on http://www.adjustable.archivist.info/ BTW...