Help Identify - 5" combo nut/pipe wrench

[Plyerman]

Yeah that's nowhere near any metric thread size.

[turnnut]

 hello tool talkers, that picture kept bugging me, my mind kept telling me that I have seen that type of wrench.

 I had a few moments to myself and looked for info.  if you have " The Adjustable Spanner"  book by Ron Geesin, look
 on page 125, left side of the page,  John Henry Morgan, inventor.  1902

 that is a very close to what is posted by JPRI,  yes, you will notice differences in them. it may be or not be the same invention.
 but as wrench collectors, we all, at one time or another found wrenches that did not look exactly like the patent.

 at times, an inventor changes mfg's for some reason, and that mfg. might have different ways of making that product, but the
 wrench still falls in line with the patented idea.

 just my 2 cents for now. Frank

 ps, even though it's a new book, I still had to hunt it down, you know where I found it ??  yup, right where I left it.   

[Papaw]

I bet it was in the last place you looked!

[JPRI]

Hey Turnnut...I searched DATAMP for "John Henry Morgan" with no hits.  I then searched wrench patents granted or applied between 1900 and 1902 (few hundred) with no luck either.  Is that a UK patent book?  Could you post a pic or scan of that page you found?

[bill300d]

Here's the patent for you.https://www.google.com/patents/US718501?dq=john+henry+morgan&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&pjf=1&ved=0ahUKEwij_4rWjobPAhWSix4KHXoEBSoQ6wEIOTAE

[turnnut]

JPRI, 1st, I want to thank bill300d for bailing me out.

 as for a scan of the page, I believe that we should get Ron Geesin's permission first. it is in his book.
 also, I am not a computer whiz,  as many know, when I did put a few pictures up, my wife did it for me.
 now I have a new computer with windows 10.  yes, I am still tumbling with this one.
 
 the picture in the book looks more like your wrench.
 Ron states that the UK patent was GB190208641 for improvements in or relating to spanners or wrenches chiefly intended
 for use with cycles.

 Frank

[JPRI]

thanks Turnnut and Bill300d...that looks close, even mentions a screwdriver.  The only difference is this patent mentions doing away with the adjustment nut, but like you said, they could have manufactured it differently.  Glad I could find and post an oddity.

[Yadda]

A definite keeper!

[bill300d]

A definite keeper!

For Sure!!

link to UK Patenthttps://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=GB137252024&recNum=1&maxRec=&office=&prevFilter=&sortOption=&queryString=&tab=NationalBiblio