US Patent: 587,464 - Ratchet Wrench


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US Patent: 587,464

Ratchet Wrench

Patentees:

Clarence Eugene Swick (exact or similar names) - Springwater, OR

John Marion Reid (exact or similar names) - Springwater, OR

USPTO Classifications:

279/37, 279/77, 81/114, 81/177.2, 81/177.85, 81/62

Tool Categories:

wrenches : ratchet wrenches

wrenches : wrench components : wrench jaw components

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Wm. Tucker

W. J. Lewellen

Louis Tucker

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Apr. 15, 1896
Granted:	Aug. 03, 1897

Patent Pictures:

Clarence Eugene Swick and John Marion Reid patent August 3, 1897

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Description:

Reversible ratchet head combined with a pincher type adjustable jaw. The adjustable jaw structure can be shifted from the ratchet head to a fixed socket in the end of the handle. Different style of spring retainers hold the jaw structure in either of the two positions.

The patented feature is the shape and conformation of the adjustable jaw structure.