| US Patent: 127,902 
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| Improvement in Dynamometer-Wrenches Improvement in Balance or Indicator Wrench
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Harvey Reid Leonard (exact or similar names) - Portland, OR |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Granted: | Jun. 11, 1872 |  
 
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| Description: |  | The patent is for a tension-adjustable ratchet pawl which would slip when the strain reached a pre-determined limit. The patent shows the principle applied to both open-end and box-end wrenches. It would accomodate a range of sizes by the use of adjusting sleeves. The specifications describe this in use tensioning rods in bridge trusses, straining rigging on sailing vessels, or as a dynamometer. |  |