| US Patent: 1,438,970 
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| Handle Construction for Braces and the Like | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Walter I. Tuttle (exact or similar names) - Providence, RI |  
 
| USPTO Classifications: |  | 81/35 |  
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Apr. 19, 1921 |  
| Granted: | Dec. 19, 1922 |  
 
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| Description: |  | The patent describes the component parts and assembly process to make a freely rotating brace handle. It is an improvement on the hollow handle style shown in patent no. 1,072,079. The handle was used on Mossberg brace type wrenches and "speeders." It appears on brace wrenches no. 354, 362, etc. It also appears in Tuttle's "brace wrench" valve grinder patent no. 1,468,055. |  |