US Patent: 2,294,510
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| Hinged Rachet Wrench
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Patentee:
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| Rikio Nakano (exact or similar names) - Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
May 29, 1940 |
| Granted: |
Sep. 01, 1942 |
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Stan Schulz
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Description: |
| Carl Miller - patent attorney
I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:
A device of the character described comprising a member having a bottom wall and an annular upstanding wall, said bottom wall being formed with a central opening and an opening offset from the axis of said bottom wall, said member being open at its upper end, a second member to close the upper end of the first member, comprising a top wall contacting the upper edge of the upstanding wall, and a boss extending upwardly from said top wall and formed with a horizontal through opening, the underside of said top wall being formed with an axial socket, and said top wall being formed with an opening offset from the axis thereof and aligned with the offset opening in said bottom wall, means for attaching said top wall to said bottom wall, whereby said members form a casing, a third member having a ratchet portion disposed within the casing, and a stem portion projecting through the central opening in the bottom wall, a portion rotatably mounted within the axial opening on the underside of said top wall, a pawl within said casing having axle portions rotatably received within the offset openings of said top and bottom walls, said ,pawl. having wings adapted to selectively engage the teeth of said ratchet, said upstanding wall being formed on the inner surface thereof with a recess, a spring pressed plunger within said recess adapted to engage said pawl, to retain either one or the other of the wings thereof in engagement with the teeth of said ratchet portion, said pawl having a portion projecting above said top wall and formed with a kerf.
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