US Patent: 393,419 
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| Screw Driver
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	        Patentee:
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 | Felix Chantrell (exact or similar names) - Reading, PA |  
 
 
| USPTO Classifications: |  
| 81/29 |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  
| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Mar. 06, 1888 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Nov. 27, 1888 | 
 
 
 
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Felix Chantrell patent November 27, 1888  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The interior of the handle has gripping teeth matching gripping teeth on the top of the shank of the screwdriver blade, with a compression spring to separate them.  This allows the handle to operate in "ratchet" fashion. |  
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