US Patent: 645,265 
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Ratchet Wrench Ratchet Wrench For Tightening the Truss Rods of Railroad Cars
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	        Patentee:
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 | Candide Kingsley (exact or similar names) - Montreal, Quebec Canada |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Sep. 16, 1899 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Mar. 13, 1900 | 
 
 
 
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Candide Kingsley patent March 13, 1900  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The ratchet head can open and latch around the turnbuckle; it has adjustable lugs to engage the center opening of the turnbuckle. The handle structure has a latching frame to connect to the ratchet head, and a reversible ratchet pawl.
Corresponding Canadian patent CA-66,684 was granted March 20, 1900. |  
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