US Patent: 1,365,071 - Socket Wrench


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US Patent: 1,365,071

Socket Wrench

Patentee:

Walter A. Abegg (exact or similar names) - Los Angeles, CA

USPTO Classifications:

81/124.6

Tool Categories:

wrenches : socket wrenches

Assignees:

Walter A. Abegg - Los Angeles, CA

Baldwin Reinhold - Los Angeles, CA

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Wm. H. Maxwell

Virginia I. Beringer

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Aug. 18, 1919
Granted:	Jan. 11, 1921

Patent Pictures:

Walter A. Abegg patent January 11, 1921

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Description:

The main features of the patent are the split shank with set screw to wedge the shank in the socket, and sockets with side holes to allow access to the set screw.

Subsequently improved by patent no. 1,398,054; patent no. 1,422,067 moves closer to a typical spring / ball socket retainer.