| US Patent: 471,765 
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| Ratchet Railroad Track Wrench | 
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| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jan. 06, 1892 |  
| Granted: | Mar. 29, 1892 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Newton M. Wever and Daniel D. Blount patent March 29, 1892 |  Google Patents
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                        Stan Schulz
 
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| Description: |  | The sockets fit into an end cog-wheel with a circular bore and key-way. The shank portion of the socket has a key. The sockets are held in the head by a set screw. The end cog wheel engages a second internal cog wheel. The ratchet pawls bear on this second cog wheel. There is a shifting lever to disengage one or the other of the ratchet pawls. |  |