US Patent: 183,235 
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| Improvement in Ratchet-Wrenches
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	        Patentee:
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 | Matthew Vassar, II (exact or similar names) - Ballston Spa, NY |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Aug. 25, 1876 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Oct. 10, 1876 | 
 
 
 
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		  Patent Pictures:
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Matthew Vassar, 2nd  Pat. October 10, 1876  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The patent is for the method of securing interchangeable sockets to the ratchet head; the reversible ratchet mechanism is described in the specifications. |  
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