| US Patent: 1,807,134 
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| Socket Wrench | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Edward M. Pfauser (exact or similar names) - Milwaukee, WI |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jan. 30, 1930 |  
| Granted: | May 26, 1931 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Edward M. Pfauser patent May 26, 1931 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | "Push through" drive plug for "one-way" ratchet wrench that has to be turned over to reverse the direction. It has paired "spring / ball detent" and spring loaded pins to retain the plug in the head and connect detachable extensions or sockets. 
Alloy Artifacts shows a Blackhawk ratchet matching this drawing, and notes this patent in the section on evolution of Blackhawk's "Lock-On" tools. The sequence noted there is: 1,685,503, this patent, 1,896,645, RE19,287, 1,927,844, 1,982,008 and 2,190,081. |  |