US Patent: 190,119
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| Improvement in Screw-Drivers
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Patentee:
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| Bern L. Budd (exact or similar names) - Fairfield, CT |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Mar. 17, 1877 |
| Granted: |
May 01, 1877 |
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Patent Pictures:
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Bern L. Budd Pat. May 1, 1877 |
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Description: |
| The patent is for a stamped steel three - or four- blade screwdriver small enough to slip in a pocket, with a central wrench opening that also serves as a grip.
Budd received 10 patents on May 1, 1877 -- the others were for gun cleaning equipment, a shotgun cartridge, a moisture sealant comprised of parafin and vaseline, and a wire wheel brush (Pat Nos. 190,120 through 190,126, 190,189 and 190,190). He was a member of the Connecticut legislature in 1872. |
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