US Patent: 470,055 
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| Screw-driver
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	        Patentee:
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 | James W. Jones (exact or similar names) - Belfast, ME |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
May 16, 1891 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Mar. 01, 1892 | 
 
 
 
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                        Steve Gosselin "Vintage Machinery" entry for Howard Manufacturing Co. 
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        Description: |  
| Information taken from Clifford D. Fales' database.Manufactured by F. A. Howard Marketed as: Jones' Reversible This was first reversible model in the ALLARD / HOWARD / JONES series, and is believed to be the first reversible spiral screwdriver marketed.Marked, "F. A. Howard /—Maker—/ Belfast, Me. / Jones' Pat. / Mar. 1, 1892". |  
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