1989-11-09
1990-05-15
Parker, Roscoe V.
Compound tools
Wrench
7166, 7145, 7169, B25F 100
Patent
active
049245449
ABSTRACT:
An emergency tool is provided capable of performing four post-catastrophe functions. The tool has a handle and a head. One end of the handle forms an open-end wrench socket useful in shutting off the water supply to a residence. The handle also defines a box-end wrench socket useful in shutting off valve to allow a homeowner to shut off the gas supply to a residence. The head comprises a rubbish claw to allow the tool to be used to dig through rubble and debris, and a wedge capable of prying open doorways and other enclosure access ways which may become stuck shut during a catastrophe.
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"Shockproof Emergency Tool", Popular Science, p. 55, Aug., 1941.
Three Polaroid photographs of DESCO Spanner Wrench.
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