.~> Adjustable, e.g., monkey wrench, pipe wrench, etc. {2}
DEFINITION
Classification: 7/138
WRENCH:
(under the class definition) Tools wherein one of the tools is structurally designed to grip a workpiece between opposed jaws in order to exert a twisting strain for turning the workpiece.
(1) Note. Tap wrenches and die stocks are considered wrenches for this and indented subclasses when such devices are combined with diverse tools not elsewhere classified.
(2) Note. Devices of the wrench type which exert a twisting strain on screw-type receptacle closures, for the purpose of opening such closures, will be found in this and the indented
subclasses.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
81, Tools,
52+, for a wrench, per se, particularly subclass 181 for a wrench provided with a cutter attachment or adjunct which is operated by the jaw actuating means (Class 7 takes a wrench combined with a general purpose cutter and not meeting the above criteria), subclass 185.1 for a convertible wrench, subclass 185.2 for a wrench having an additional clamp jaw, and subclass 437 for wrenches or screwdrivers which have a work-turning portion inserted into a cavity and are usable as, or combined with, a diverse wrench.
470, Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus 8+, for methods of making screw threads, per se, and subclasses 57+ for apparatuses making screw threads, per se.
