US Patent: 329,986
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| Ratchet Drill
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Patentee:
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| Pardon A. Whitney (exact or similar names) - Chagrin Falls, OH |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Feb. 14, 1885 |
| Granted: |
Nov. 10, 1885 |
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Patent Pictures:
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Pardon A. Whitney patent Nov. 10, 1885 |
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Stan Schulz
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Description: |
| The patent includes the friction feed, details of the ratchet mechanism, and the handle set tangentially to the ratchet head. Options for operation in constricted spaces are included.
Items in 1885 issues of AMERICAN MACHINIST note Whitney's initial announcement at Chagrin Falls, OH and subsequent move to Warsaw, NY with production by the VARIETY MACHINE Co. By 1890, Whitney was in Southington, CT and this ratchet drill was produced by Peck, Stow & Wilcox. |
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