| US Patent: 198,291 
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| Combined Wrench and Vise | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Homer Tompson Gates (exact or similar names) - Hartford, CT |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Oct. 23, 1877 |  
| Granted: | Dec. 18, 1877 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Homer T. Gates patent December 18, 1877 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | Adjustable vise-jaws are centered in the head of a ratchet wrench.  The ratchet pawl is a spring-loaded pin, which can be "flipped" to reverse the ratchet |  |