| Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
| Tools |
| Adjustable wrench | 072512T1 |
| 5" long, 1 1/2" wide, 7/16" thick | bio |
| signed "Billings & Spencer Co." "Hartford, Conn" and "B" in a triangle; "C. E. Billings" "Pat'd |
| Feb. 18th 1879"; also "B" on the bottom section |
| Charles Billings was issued patent 212,298 for an improvement in wrench design. View it here: |
| http://www.google.com/patents?id=UJdOAAAAEBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Feb.+18+1879+ |
| Billings&source=bl&ots=xnN2JWONAh&sig=ClThXq- |
| dPeZ90tctjaxTMrdFIo8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sS4QUN3WKaaW0QX2yIDIAQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA |
| Alligator wrench and screw threader | 101312T18 |
| 8" long, 2 1/4" wide, 1" and 1 1/2" jaws |
| signed "BONNEY VIXEN ALLENTOWN PA. MADE IN U.S.A." |
| The brand name Vixen was used by Bonney Vise and Toolworks of Philadelphia and |
| Allentown, PA., operating from 1886 to 1910. |
| Locking combination box wrench | 6703T35 |
| 8 3/4" long, 1" square closed socket, 3/4" open square socket |
| signed "1" "HOOD" "PAT'D" (illegible) |
| Offset crescent wrench | 121412T4 |
| 6 1/2" long, 1 3/4" wide |
| signed "THE HD SMITH & CO 6 IN" "PERFECT HANDLE PATENTED" |
| "The H.D. Smith Company was founded in 1855 in Plantsville, Connecticut. The company |
| operated as a foundry and merchant drop-forger, and in the latter role was possibly the first of |
| many such businesses. After 1900 tool production became an important part of the company's |
| business, and their best known products became a line of wood-handle tools sold under the |
| 'Perfect Handle' brand" (http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/other-makers-p3.html). |
| Pipe wrench | 93011T10 |
| 6" long | bio |
| signed "WALWORTH" "MADE IN USA" and their trademark "GENUINE STILLSON" in a |
| diamond shape, on jaw "STILLSON C1" "REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. C" |
| Pipe wrench | 93011T9 |
| 7" long | bio |
| signed "WALWORTH MFG. CO." "BOSTON, U.S.A." and their trademark "REGISTERED |
| STILLSON" in a diamond shape |
| Pocket wrench | 31811T14 |
| 6 1/2" long, 1 1/2" x 1/2" head |
| signed "WORCHESTER" with two preceding lines that are obscured |
| This style of wrench is also called a screw wrench or monkey wrench. |
| Ratchet | 52016T1 |
| 6" long,1 3/8" wide, 9/16" thick |
| signed "PAT JAN 15 1901" "THE BAY STATE" |
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