US Patent: 658,478 - Mechanical Movement


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US Patent: 658,478

Mechanical Movement

Patentees:

Harvey D. Williams (exact or similar names) - Ithaca, NY

Horace G. Hoadley (exact or similar names) - Waterbury, CT

USPTO Classifications:

74/126

Tool Categories:

wrenches : ratchet wrenches

Assignees:

Horace G. Hoadley - Waterbury, CT

Manufacturer:

Armstrong Bros. Tool Co. - Chicago, IL

Witnesses:

Bradford Almy

Katherine E. Gillespie

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Feb. 15, 1897
Granted:	Sep. 25, 1900

Patent Pictures: [ 1 | 2 ]

Harvey D. Williams & Horace G. Hoadley patent Sept. 25, 1900

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Description:

The second of two "Williams Patents" cited in early 20th Century ads for the Armstrong Universal Ratchet; the other being 613,950. The mechanical principles set forth in the patent translated into a ratchet device for a ratchet drill that could take advantage of nearly any motion of the handle to advance the drill.

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