| US Patent: 75,091 
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| Ratchet Brace Improved Right and Left-Hand Ratchet-Brace
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| Patentee: |  |
 | T. A. Weston (exact or similar names) - Buffalo, NY |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Granted: | Mar. 03, 1868 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | T. A. Weston Pat. Mar. 3, 1868 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | Paired pawls within a cylindrical body are pressed by springs against ratchet faces (one left-hand and one right-hand). The number of teeth on the ratchet faces is one more or one less than the number of pawls. A sliding key on the outside of the cylinder locks one or the other pair of pawls & ratchet faces together. One end of the tool has a tang; the other end a socket. The result is a reversible ratchet action. Weston received five patents on March 3, 1868 -- this patent and nos. 75089, 75090, 75092, & 75093. |  |