US Patent: 277,561 - Screwdriver


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US Patent: 277,561

Screwdriver

Patentee:

Isaiah M. Furbish (exact or similar names) - Augusta, ME

USPTO Classifications:

81/32

Tool Categories:

screwdrivers : screwdriver mechanisms : ratcheting screwdrivers

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Furbish & Hamlen - Augusta, ME

Witnesses:

Lendall Titcomb

Frederick E. Partridge

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Mar. 22, 1883
Granted:	May 15, 1883

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Description:

Known examples are seen with no markings or FURBISH & HAMLEN, AUGUSTA, ME. / M'F'R'S OF THE MAINE SCREWDRIVER

The Furbish name marked on this tool certainly refers to the patentee, I. M. Furbish (father of Z. T. Furbish), however two other ratchet screwdriver patents 315,137 & 307,187 were granted to Z. T. Furbish & Franklin L. Hamlen.

The Furbish & Hamlen partnership is not listed in DAT, but is reported to have been in business c. 1883-1884 by Cliff Fales.