Below are some common spanner (wrench) sizes for metric screw threads. He is the brother of Pliers, Spanner Banner and Snatcha Lion. I cans with two screw closures, which required both a spanner and funnel for pouring. Budding is also credited with the invention of the screw adjustable spanner. Budding is also credited with the invention of the screw adjustable spanner in 1842. The table provides BSF sizes, the threads per inch and spanner jaw sizes. In Australia it is referred to as a "shifting spanner", usually abbreviated to "shifter". English engineer Richard Clyburn is credited with inventing an adjustable spanner in 1842. Johansson also improved the adjustable spanner, patenting in 1891. The most common shapes are called "open-ended spanner" and "ring spanner". He invented a modern adjustable spanner (patents in 1891 and 11 May 1892). For fuel cans, the lining was removed and a spanner and funnel were required. Once again Bonecrusher would throw a spanner in the works. Edmund Germer, Friedrich Meyer, and Hans Spanner patented a high-pressure vapor lamp in 1927. The width across flats indicates the "size" of the spanner.