US Patent: 293,128 
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| Ratchet Wrench
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	        Patentee:
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 | Charles Wechsler (exact or similar names) - Minneapolis, MN |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Dec. 13, 1883 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Feb. 05, 1884 | 
 
 
 
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Charles Wechsler patent February 5, 1884  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| Sliding sleeves within the ratchet head provide size adjustment.  The sleeves have a slot in the center, and are retained in the socket head by retaining pins. |  
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