US Patent: 500,277 
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| Ratchet Wrench
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	        Patentee:
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 | George W. Wood (exact or similar names) - North Granville, NY |  
 
 
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| 81/62 |  
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Jun. 13, 1892 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Jun. 27, 1893 | 
 
 
 
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George W. Wood patent June 27, 1893  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| Reversible ratchet with adjustable jaws. A left- and right-hand threaded screw adjusts the jaws in a pair of transverse slots in the head. The jaws include gripping surfaces that allow them to grip pipe.  A toggle between the ratchet pawls can be turned to disengage one or the other from the teeth in the ratchet head. |  
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