US Patent: 395,865 
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| Ratchet Wrench
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	        Patentee:
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 | Charles E. Abrams (exact or similar names) - Chatham, NY |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Sep. 11, 1888 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Jan. 08, 1889 | 
 
 
 
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Charles E. Abrams patent January 8, 1889  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| A slide with a central wedge cam can retract either of two spring-tensioned sliding pawls for the reversible ratchet action. When both pawls are extended, the ratchet is "locked." |  
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