US Patent: 393,421 
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| Screw Driver
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	        Patentee:
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 | Felix Chantrell (exact or similar names) - Reading, PA |  
 
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  
| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Apr. 28, 1888 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Nov. 27, 1888 | 
 
 
 
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Felix Chantrell patent November 27, 1888  |  
 
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        Description: |  
| The patent has a metal cap at the end of the handle, with an interior spring, and a tapered throat that engages a corresponding flared end on the screwdriver shank.  This provides a kind of ratchet action. |  
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