| US Patent: 587,464 
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| Ratchet Wrench | 
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| Patentees: |  
 | Clarence Eugene Swick (exact or similar names) - Springwater, OR |  | John Marion Reid (exact or similar names) - Springwater, OR |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Apr. 15, 1896 |  
| Granted: | Aug. 03, 1897 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Clarence Eugene Swick and John Marion Reid patent August 3, 1897 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | Reversible ratchet head combined with a pincher type adjustable jaw. The adjustable jaw structure can be shifted from the ratchet head to a fixed socket in the end of the handle. Different style of spring retainers hold the jaw structure in either of the two positions.
The patented feature is the shape and conformation of the adjustable jaw structure. |  |