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2, the jaws of the wrench and also the nut
may be quickly withdrawn from the end of
the spindle, so as to expose the latter for con-
venient lubrication.
5 From the foregoing description it will be
understood that the wheel remains in its rel-
atively-fixed position upon the axle-spindle
and is not turned thereon After the axle
has been lubricated the slidable stem and the
to wrench-jaws may be pushed longitudinally
inward, so as to quickly engage the hub-at-
taching nut with the end of the spindle, after
which the crank is turned to screw the nut in
position. Thus it will be seen that the wrench
15 is carried by the support and the nut remains
within the jaws of the wrench, so that it is not
necessary to soil the hands in the operation of
the present device.
Heretofore hub-wrenches have been pro-
20 vided with a support which is adapted to be
fitted to the hub, and also wrench-jaws, but
the latter have had a screw-threaded shank
fitted in a screw-threaded opening in the sup-
port, so that after the nut has been disengaged
25 from the axle it is still necessary to turn the
stem in order to draw the nut away from the
end of the spindle. This operation is exceed-
ingly slow and awkward, and in view of this
difficulty we have provided improved means
30 whereby the nut may be quickly drawn away
from the end of the spindle after having been
detached from the threads thereof
What we claim is-
1. A hb-wrench, comprising a support
35 adapted to be fitted to the hub of a wheel, a
brace carried by the support and projecting
at one side thereof, and a wrench proper lo-
cated between the support and the brace, and
having an operating-stein slidable longitudi-
40 nally upon the brace, and also having anaxial movement thereon, substantially as and
for the purpose set forth.
2. A hub-wrench, comprising a band adapt-
ed to be fitted to the hub of a wheel, an arched
or yoke-shaped brace carried by the band and 45
projecting at one side only thereof, clamping-
jaws located within the band, and a cross-sec-
tionally round stem carrying the jaws at the
inner end thereof, slidable longitudinally
through the arched or yoke-shaped brace, 50
having an axial movement thereon, and pro-
vided at its outer end with an operating-han-
dle, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
3. In a hub-wrench, the combination with 55
a band having radial set-screws adapted to
connect the band to the hub of a wheel, and
an arched or yoke-shaped brace connected at
diametrically opposite sides of the band and
projecting entirely at one side of the plane 6o
thereof, of clamping-jaws formed from a sin-
gle length of spring metal bent intermediate
of its ends to provide jaws, a thumb-screw ad-
justably connecting the free ends of the jaws,
and an adjusting-stem fixedly connected at 65
its inner end to the bend between the clamp-
ing-jaws, shidable longitudinally through the
arched or yoke-shaped brace, having an axial
movement thereon, and provided at its outer
end with an operating-handle, substantially 70
as and for the purpose set forth.
In testimony that we claim the foregoing as
our own we have hereto affixed our signatures
in the presence of two witnesses.
IIENR Y SAULS.
GEORGE S. COOK.
Witnesses:
L. II. AMOON,
R L SMITH. -C)
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Sauls, Henry. Hub-Wrench., patent, November 7, 1899; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512773/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.