US Patent: 282,606 
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| Watch Key
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	        Patentee:
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 | John S. Birch (exact or similar names) - New York, NY |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Dec. 05, 1882 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Aug. 07, 1883 | 
 
 
 
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John S. Birch patent August 7, 1883  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| Another of Birch's self-adjusting socket designs; differs from 282,605 in that the internal parts run full length, and there is a slider button on the side of the case. 
British patent GB-188303841 registered Aug. 7, 1883 appears to correspond to the two patents rolled into one. |  
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