US Patent: 2,174,502 
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| Ratchet Wrench
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	        Patentee:
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 | Theodore O. Rueb (exact or similar names) - Chicago, Cook County, IL |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Aug. 18, 1937 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Sep. 26, 1939 | 
 
 
 
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Theodore O. Rueb patent Sept. 26, 1939  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The construction with fine teeth facilitates small incremental movement. 
Rueb had a series of ratchet patents assigned to Sherman-Klove. 1,981,526 and 2,232,477 appear on known production examples; other Rueb patents "intermediate" include 2,082,356, 2,103,556, and 2,188,846.  |  
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