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Bed′stead-wrench.

A crank-wrench employed in turning the bolls which secure the rails to the posts of bedsteads. A nut is inserted at a lateral mortise in the rail, so as to present its aperture in the path of the screw-bolt, which is rotated by the wrench. A tenon on the end of the rail fits into a mortise in the face of the post.

Another form combines sockets of various sizes and a screw-driver.

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