US Patent: 1,243,860
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Wrench
Socket Wrench
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Patentees:
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| Charles A. Olson (exact or similar names) - Geneva, IL |
| Claude H. Toombs (exact or similar names) - Geneva, IL |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Mar. 10, 1915 |
| Granted: |
Oct. 23, 1917 |
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Charles A. Olson and Claude H. Toombs patent Oct. 23, 1917 |
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Description: |
| Tapered sliding jaws in a tubular case are retracted by springs which act to close them. The jaws are advanced and opened by a pin handle which extends through them and a pair of slots in the tubular case.
Advertised in 1915 as the UTILITY set of self-adjusting sockets with rod handles, and as the head of a folding brace wrench. The brace handle is described in pat. no. 1,243,861. |
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