US Patent: 828,895 
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| Screw Driver and Other Hand Tool
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	        Patentees:
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 | Charles F. Mueller (exact or similar names) - Elizabeth, Union County, NJ |  
| Henry R. Braunsdorf (exact or similar names) - Elizabeth, Union County, NJ |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Oct. 12, 1904 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Aug. 21, 1906 | 
 
 
 
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Charles F. Mueller & Henry R. Braunsdorf patent August 21, 1906  |  
 
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        Description: |  
| The patent describes the parts and method of assembly to form the screwdriver. The key elements include: the shaft is continuous through the handle, and has a non-circular profile through the wood handle; there is a "collar" with gripping spurs inside the base of the ferrule, and a metal end cap on the handle. 
Marketed as the NEW CENTURY SCREWDRIVER; the patent was also used for the handles of ice picks and carpenters' chisels. |  
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