US Patent: 1,053,703 - Ratchet Wrench


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US Patent: 1,053,703

Ratchet Wrench

Patentee:

Charles E. Bonine (exact or similar names) - Philadelphia, PA

USPTO Classifications:

81/62

Tool Categories:

wrenches : ratchet wrenches

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Safety Wrench and Appliance Co. - Philadelphia, PA

Hess Steel Company - Bridgeton, NJ

Lowell Wrench Co. - Worcester, MA

Witnesses:

James H. Bell

E. L. Fullerton

John L. Bergner

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Aug. 23, 1911
Granted:	Feb. 18, 1913

Patent Pictures: [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 ]

Charles E. Bonine patent Febr. 18, 1913

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Description:

Reversible ratchet with special features suited to its primary function as operating wrench for railroad hopper car doors.

Advertising from 1914, 1915 and 1920 supplies names of two successive manufacturers. A more recent example (5th image) was made by LOWELL WRENCH Co -- "The Lowell SWACO Hopper Wrench weighs almost 30 lbs. It's 36" long & the ratchet head is 6." across."

G.M. Gealy's I.X.L. SAFETY WRENCH (pat. no. 1,244,596) was a competitor.