US Patent: 469,701 
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Wrench Improvements in Ratchet-Wrenches
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	        Patentee:
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 | Andrew Hullinger (exact or similar names) - Bolivar, OH |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Apr. 16, 1891 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Mar. 01, 1892 | 
 
 
 
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Andrew Hullinger patent March 1, 1892  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The ratchet is reversible. Interchangeable sockets for the head have a flange on one side, and are held in place by a keeper spring that clips into notches on the other side. A pin in the handle acts as a stop to hold the pawl-shifting lever in position. |  
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