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US Patent: 38,914
Improvement in Wrenches
Improved Ratchet-Wrench
Patentee:
J. J. Richardson (exact or similar names) - Woodstock, VT

USPTO Classifications:
81/185, 81/61

Tool Categories:
wrenches : ratchet wrenches

Assignees:
None

Manufacturer:
J. J. Richardson - Woodstock, VT

Witnesses:
Thomas Middleton
Nathan T. Churchill

Patent Dates:
Granted: Jun. 16, 1863

Patent Pictures: [ 1 | 2 ]
J. J. Richardson patent June 16, 1863 with image from Scientific American
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RICHARDSON*S PATENT WRENCH (edited - FLICKR )
Description:
Ratchet wrench with removable ratcheting socket; the patent envisions several interchangeable socket heads with different size internal openings.

Manufacturer attribution taken from Ken Cope's "American Wrench Makers 1830-1930." The patent rights were offered for sale in 1864.

A known example with three interchangeable heads has no visible markings.

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