US Patent: 2,312,104 
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| Torque Wrench
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	        Patentee:
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 | Kenneth R. Larson (exact or similar names) - Des Plaines, IL |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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Jan. 14, 1941 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Feb. 23, 1943 | 
 
 
 
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Kenneth R. Larson patent Febr. 23, 1943 (edited)  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz Snap-On Tools Company History TORQOMETER torque wrench (1945 - at Collectingsnapon.com) 
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        Description: |  
| The wrench measures the relative deflection between the handle and a secondary lever attached to the drive head.  The handle is structured as a rigid casing enclosing the secondary lever and linkage to the dial indicator gauge. The patent number appears on the face of the dial indicator gauge of Snap-On's TORQOMETER torgue wrench and in advertising and catalog copy describing the line. 
Harry C. Alberts - patent attorney 
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