US Patent: 252,300 - Ratchet Wrench


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US Patent: 252,300

Ratchet Wrench

Patentee:

James W. Womelsdorff (exact or similar names) - Guyandotte, WV

USPTO Classifications:

81/63.1

Tool Categories:

wrenches : ratchet wrenches

Assignees:

James W. Womelsdorff - Guyandotte, WV

A. N. Simms - Guyandotte, WV

Robert T. Oney - Huntington, WV

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Nov. 19, 1881
Granted:	Jan. 10, 1882

Patent Pictures:

James W. Womelsdorff patent January 10, 1882

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Description:

The ratchet wheel has right - and left-hand teeth. Each set of teeth has a corresponding pawl. A key in the handle disengages one or the other pawl to select the ratchet direction.