logo image Wrench & other lamp tool manufacturers G - Z


Graetz Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH made this wrench

for their Petromax lanterns.

The wrench is 127mm in length and fits nut sizes 15, 10, & 9mm.

The tapered shank is a gauge to adjust the distance between the gas tip and the air tube

for the 350/500 cp lantern(left) and 250cp lantern (right).

The tip is a screwdriver to unscrew the center bolt

that holds the globe cage to the fount.


The Primus brand 1050 and 1080 series lanterns,

made by Aktiebolaget B.A. Hjorth, Sweden,

were supplied with this 96mm long wrench.

It fits nut sizes, 17.5, 9.5, 9.0, 4.0 and 1.5mm.

This wrench is in Neil McRae's collection.


Neil McRae made this wrench primarily to work on Primus type kerosene stoves

but it also is useful on a few Petromax style lanterns.

The end of the 16mm diameter shaft (right + close up) has a 5mm slot for the pump check valve

and the end of the 12mm diameter shaft (left) has a 4mm slot for the gas tips.

The manufactured tools for this purpose can easily damage these brass parts.

This wrench is 26 cm long; the 3/4" hex on the upper handle

doesn't work well for removing stove burners as it quickly hits the stove legs.


This 4" long wrench came with a Lind-O-Lite lantern model

with a wide ventilator and carburetor valve.

The wrench has openings of 11/16, 7/16, and 5/16"

with a slot got generator gas tip removal.

This wrench is in Henry Plews's collection.

2 tip cleaners
The upper generator tip cleaner came with the Lind-O-Lite lantern as above

It is 2 1/4" long and the loop is 5/8" in diameter.

The loop is at right angles to the wire, perhaps causing the wire on one side to be missing.

The lower tip cleaner is of unknown manufacture.

It is 2 1/2" long and has a1/2" diameter loop.

These are in Henry Plews's collection.

This tip cleaner came with an Aladdin Model A lantern,

made by the Mantle Lamp Co. of America.

This tool, in Dwayne Hanson's collection, is 2 7/8" long.


This wrench was supplied with the M1950 military stoves

and fits between two of the stove's legs

when not in use.

It measures 3 1/4" long and has nut openings

that are 11/16, 7/16, and 11/32" plus a tapered slot for generator tips.

This wrench is in Neil McRae's collection.


Mil-spec lanterns were made by a number of manufacturers from 1944-1991

under contract to the U.S. Quartermaster Corps.

The wrench at the top is bent up at both ends so it will fit under a clip in the frame base.

It is 3 3/8" long and has 9/16" and 1/8" openings; a tip cleaner is held in place by a clip.

This wrench was supplied with lanterns up to the mid 1950's.

The wrench at the bottom was supplied with lanterns from the mid 1950's on;

it differs in being bent up only at one end and fits in the parts well in the fount.

These wrenches are in Dwayne Hanson's collection.


This key style wrench came with a Monitor iron

in Glenn Knapke's collection.

The wrench is nickel plated cast iron,

2 3/8" long and fits hex nut size 1/2" and square nut size 1/4."


The upper tip cleaner is the Swedish Optimus brand.

It is 125mm long and the wire diameter is 0.035mm (0.015").

The lower tip cleaner is the German Petromax brand.

It is 112mm long and the wire diameter is 0.0.025mm (0.010").

This Optimus alcohol can and wrench came with a Model 00L stove.

The 57 mm x 29 mm can holds enough alcohol to preheat the stove several times.

The 130 mm long wrench appears to be for a number of models

as only the smaller, 17 mm opening fits the two nuts on this stove.

The larger opening is 22 mm.

This stove set is in Ralph Trask's collection.

Matt Michalik got this 4 1/8" long wrench with a Prentiss Wabers L46S lantern.

The openings fit the 3/4" frame nut, 1/2" valve packing nut, 7/16" generator jamb nut,

3/8" cleaning lever packing nut, 5/16" valve knob nut,

and 5/32" generator tip.

Radius Catalog 56 from 1956 identifies this multipurpose tool as #9095

with fittings for the jet, generator, and control valve box nut

for models 103, 106A, 110A. 114, and 119 (Ryman).

The wrench is 132 mm in length; the openings are 19, 14, 12, 10, and 9 mm

plus a hole in the middle with half-round diameters of 9 and 6 mm.


This key style wrench came with The "Royal" Iron

and is in Glenn Knapke's collection.

It is 2 3/4" long with a 3/4" "L"

and fits hex nut size 1/2" and square nut size 1/4"

which controls the fuel flow.

This key style wrench was used on early iron models that lacked a valve wheel.


Sizes 0 (left), 1 (center) and 2 (right) funnels, in Leonard Johnson's collection.

The stamping says: "Schuyler Filtering Funnel,

Pat. Mar. 21, 1911, Savannah, MO" (Missouri).

We don't know if this is the same Schuyler Manufacturing Co.

from whom Coleman bought funnels.

The "vanes" may help steady the funnel in the opening and allow air to exit.



The wrench and alcohol bottle above came with SunFlame kerosene lantern Model 112

and are both figured in the parts list, dated Mar. 1955, that came with the lantern.

The 4" long wrench fits nut sizes 9/16 & 7/16."


Jon Schedler got this wrench and another like it

with 2 Thomas Mfg. Co. lamps, Model M1001.

Originally the steel was blued.

This 5" long wrench fits nut sizes 3/4, 1/2, 3/8, & 5/16".


This wrench was supplied with Tilley irons DN250 and DN250A.

The wrench is 3 1/2" long and is for nut sizes 3/4, 5/8, 1/2, & 3/8".

This wrench is in Neil McRae's collection.


Tilley made this plastic dipstick, perhaps in the 1950's,

to measure the correct fuel level in the fount of a number of models:

the EX100, PL53, TL10, TL13, R1,

TL106, TL136, X246, KL80, and Life Buoy (donut lamps).

This dipstick is in Steve & Jill Wood's collection.

The upper image is of the tip cleaner that came with the

Model 33 Tito Landi lantern in Torsten Scherning's collection.

The lower image is of the preheater torch that came with the lantern.


Shirley Willard and I both have this wrench,

possibly made by a pressure lamp manufacturer.

This 4 9/16" long wrench fits nut sizes 13/16, 11/16, and 1/2".

If you can identify the manufacturer please contact me.


Another wrench possibly made by a pressure lamp manufacturer,

this wrench is 5 3/4" long and fits nut sizes 9/16, 17/32, 1/2, 7/16, & 5/16".

If you can identify the manufacturer please contact me.


These wrenches, in Neil McRae's collection, are used to remove/replace check valves

and orifices from Swedish blow torches/blow lamps, stoves, and some lanterns and lamps

The roarer burners on stoves require the "jointed" shaft tools (bottom)

a difficult job but the only good way to get to the orifice.

 

Main updated Feb. 18, '12
Akron Lamp Co. lanterns updated Nov. 9, '11
Akron Lamp Co. lamps updated Oct. 13, '11
American Gas Machine lanterns - early models updated Dec. 17, '11
American Gas Machine lamps updated Jan. 22, '12
AGM lanterns - models beginning with the mid-1930's updated Mar. 15, '11
AGM, King Seeley, & Thermos stoves updated Feb. 18, '12
AGM, King Seeley, & Thermos lanterns - later models updated May 9, '11
Coleman Canada lamps updated Apr. 12, '11
Coleman Canada lanterns pre- 1945 updated Jan. 17, '12
Coleman US lamps before mid-1920's updated Sept. 24, '11
Coleman Canada lanterns 1946 - 1970 updated Feb. 14, '12
Coleman US lamps after mid 1920's updated Mar. 30, '11
Coleman Canada lanterns 1971 - 1993 updated Feb. 10, '12
Coleman hollow wire lighting updated Mar. 14, '11
Coleman US lanterns pre-1931 updated Feb. 10, '12
Coleman irons updated Mar. 26, '11
Coleman US lanterns 1931 - 1945 updated Feb. 8, '12
Coleman Canada stoves updated Nov. 29, '11
Coleman US lanterns 1946 - 1960 updated Apr. 2, '11
Coleman US stoves until early-1930's updated Nov. 9, '11
 Coleman US lanterns 1961 - 1980 updated Nov. 9, '11
Coleman US stoves mid-1930's - early-1950's updated Feb. 18, '12
 Coleman US lanterns 1981 - 2000 updated Aug. 8, '11
Coleman US stoves mid 1950's - present updated Nov. 29, '11
Coleman US lanterns 2001 - present updated Mar. 30, '11
Custom lamps, lights, heaters, and stoves updated Aug. 4, '11
Custom lanterns updated Dec. 14, '11
Heater etc. manufacturers A - K updated Feb. 10, '12
Ehrich & Graetz/AIDA & Petromax lanterns updated Apr. 25, '11
Heater etc. manufacturers L - Z updated Aug. 24, '10
Germany lantern manufacturers updated May 3, '11
Hollow wire lighting updated Jan 29, '12
International lantern manufacturers A - G updated Nov. 16, '11
International lamp manufacturers A - D updated Mar. 31, '11
 International lantern manufacturers H - P updated Feb. 15, '12
International lamp manufacturers E - O updated Jan. 27, '12
 International lantern manufacturers Q - S updated Dec. 15, '11
International lamp manufacturers P - Z updated Feb. 18, '12
 International lantern manufacturers T - Z updated Sept. 30, '11
Irons updated Sept. 23, '11
Propane lantern, stove, & heater manufacturers A - B updated Sept. 2, '10
Links updated Nov. 16, '11
Propane lantern, stove, & heater manufacturers C updated Feb. 16, '12
 Stove manufacturers A - H updated May 25, '11
Propane lantern, stove, & heater manufacturers D - M updated Sept. 2, '10
Stove manufacturers I - P updated Feb. 18, '12
Propane lantern, stove, & heater manufacturers N - Z updated Nov. 5, '11
Stove manufacturers Q - Z updated Feb. 6, '12
Pump manufacturers A - D updated Mar. 29, '11
Sweden lamp manufacturers updated Apr. 30, '11
Pump manufacturers E - Z updated Apr. 2, '11
Sweden stove manufacturers updated Feb. 2, '12
Sweden lantern manufacturers updated Nov. 9, '11
Tilley household lamps pre-1945 updated Nov. 13, '10
Tilley lanterns updated Jul. 14, '08
Tilley household lamps post-1945 updated June 6, '08
UK lantern manufacturers updated Jan 27, '12
Tilley industrial lamps & lanterns updated Apr. 12, '10
US lantern manufacturers A - I updated Apr. 2, '11
US lamp manufacturers A - F updated May 26, '11
US lantern manufacturers J - M updated Feb. 14, '12
US lamp manufacturers G - L updated Feb. 6, '12
US lantern manufacturers N - O updated Jan. 4, '12
US lamp manufacturers M - O updated Dec. 12, '11
US lantern manufacturers P - Z updated Dec. 1, '11
US lamp manufacturers P - Z updated Jan. 18, '12
Wrench & other lamp tool manufacturers A - F updated Aug. 8, '11
Wrench & other lamp tool manufacturers G - Z updated Feb. 2, '12

 

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