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The American Patented Brace

1870 to 1879

Ron Pearson

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Beginning Patent Date: 1820 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 through 1930
Beginning Patent #: 0.347 30487 98933 223484 421420 643120 947002 to 1805330
Patentee: A to C D to G H to J K to M N to Q R to S T to Z

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Patent #: 98933
Patent Date: 01/18/1870
Patentee: Drummond, David.
Location: McGregor, IA.
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Improvement in screw-drivers.
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 99317
Patent Date: 02/01/1870
Patentee: Hildreth, Royall S.
Location: South Adams, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: yes
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 100458
Patent Date: 03/01/1870
Patentee: Shepardson, H.E.
Location: Shelburne Falls, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: yes
Description: Bit-brace; curved or segmental sliding jaws
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 101251
Patent Date: 03/29/1870
Patentee: Foster, Daniel P.
Location: Waltham, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 106754
Patent Date: 05/10/1870
Patentee: Whitman, Charles P.
Location: Charemont, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 103281
Patent Date: 05/24/1870
Patentee: Bartholomew, Harry S.
Location: Bristol, CT
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: ?
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 103462
Patent Date: 05/24/1870
Patentee: Holiday, Isaac
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: assigned to self and Gevert Papo.

Patent #: 105906
Patent Date: 08/02/1870
Patentee: Clark, Charles H.
Location: Pittsfield, ME
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 108374
Patent Date: 10/18/1870
Patentee: McLaughlin, I.
Location: East Arlington, VT
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Drill and holder
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 108933
Patent Date: 11/01/1870
Patentee: Ogden, Zina S.
Location: Glen's Falls, NY
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: no
Description: Brace for cutting screw threads
Comment: N/A

Patent #: N/A
Patent Date: 12/13/1870
Patentee: Levi J. G unn and Charles H. Amidon
Location: Greenfield, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: ?
Description: Bit stock
Comment: Reissue of patent No. 16931 of A.C. Moore, using No. 4199.

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Patent #: 110960
Patent Date: 01/17/1871
Patentee: Dolan, William P.
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-brace
Comment: Antidated to January 14, 1871.

Patent #: 111649
Patent Date: 02/07/1871
Patentee: Ives, William A.
Location: New Haven, CT
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-brace
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 112238
Patent Date: 02/28/1871
Patentee: Gifford, Edwin B.
Location: Westport, MA.
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Wrench and oiler (combination).
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 112419
Patent Date: 03/07/1871
Patentee: Cleveland, William
Location: Lawrence, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-brace
Comment: assigned to self and James Swan.

Patent #: 112799
Patent Date: 03/21/1871
Patentee: French, Raymond
Location: Seymour, CT
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-brace
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 112842
Patent Date: 03/21/1871
Patentee: Parker, George G. and Dodge, William P.
Location: Prospect, NY
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Improvement in bit and drill-braces.
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 113344
Patent Date: 04/04/1871
Patentee: Rand, W.H.
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Drill-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 114314
Patent Date: 05/02/1871
Patentee: Manson, Charles
Location: Boston, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 118039
Patent Date: 08/15/1871
Patentee: McCoy, William H.
Location: Erving, MA
Manufacturer: Miller's Falls Mfg. Co.
Source: yes
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: assigned to Miller's Falls Mfg. Co.

Patent #: 118058
Patent Date: 08/15/1871
Patentee: Sawyer, Samuel
Location: Erving, MA
Manufacturer: Miller's Falls Mfg. Co.
Source: yes
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: assigned to Miller's Falls Mfg. Co.

Patent #: N/A
Patent Date: 08/22/1871
Patentee: Bartholomew, Harry S.
Location: Bristol, CT
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Improvement in bit-braces.
Comment: Reissue

Patent #: 113680
Patent Date: 12/05/1871
Patentee: Lyman, John T.
Location: Jeffersonville, IN
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: yes
Description: Bit-brace
Comment: N/A

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Patent #: 122652
Patent Date: 01/09/1872
Patentee: Rice, James
Location: Prairie Creek, IN
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-brace
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 125642
Patent Date: 04/09/1872
Patentee: Whitus, Charles
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: assigned to self, Edward C. Smith and William Martin, Jr.

Patent #: 126395
Patent Date: 05/07/1872
Patentee: Ives, William A.
Location: New Haven, CT
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: yes
Description: Bit-brace
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 128430
Patent Date: 06/25/1872
Patentee: Sloan, T.J.
Location: New York, NY
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Drilling Machine, hand.
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 130709
Patent Date: 08/20/1872
Patentee: Fray, John S.
Location: Bridgeport, CT
Manufacturer: Same
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-brace
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 131829
Patent Date: 10/01/1872
Patentee: Pratt, Henry L.
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: yes
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 132790
Patent Date: 11/05/1872
Patentee: Backus, Quimby S.
Location: Miller's Falls, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: yes
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 132791
Patent Date: 11/05/1872
Patentee: Backus, Quimby S.
Location: Miller's Falls, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-brace
Comment: N/A

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Patent #: 136830
Patent Date: 03/18/1873
Patentee: Gibbs, G.
Location: Canton, OH
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Brace-drill
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 138973
Patent Date: 05/13/1873
Patentee: Williams, H.B.
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock, drill
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 139667
Patent Date: 06/10/1873
Patentee: Goodell, Albert D.
Location: Miller's Falls, MA
Manufacturer: assignee
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: assigned to Miller's Falls Co.

Patent #: 139876
Patent Date: 06/17/1873
Patentee: Daboll, A.P.
Location: New London, CT
Manufacturer: Wilson?
Source: yes
Description: Bit-stock head
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 140451
Patent Date: 07/01/1873
Patentee: Amidon, C.H.
Location: Miller's Falls, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: yes
Description: Drill and bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 141345
Patent Date: 07/29/1873
Patentee: Goodell, Albert D.
Location: Miller's Falls, MA
Manufacturer: assignee
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: assigned to Miller's Falls Co.

Patent #: 142410
Patent Date: 09/02/1873
Patentee: Pease, Franklin B.
Location: Ontario Centre, NY
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: yes
Description: Auger-handle
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 144123
Patent Date: 10/28/1873
Patentee: Newton, D. Appleton
Location: New York, NY
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 144134
Patent Date: 10/28/1873
Patentee: Prindle, Lyman B.
Location: Bantam Falls, CT.
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Improvement in wrenches.
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 144826
Patent Date: 11/25/1873
Patentee: Buckley, Timothy L.
Location: Mankato, MN
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: no
Description: Brace-wrench
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 145524
Patent Date: 12/16/1873
Patentee: Pereau, W.E.
Location: Oakland, CA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-brace
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 145710
Patent Date: 12/16/1873
Patentee: Wright, Sylvester J.
Location: Ellsworth, NY
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: yes
Description: Brace-wrench
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 146056
Patent Date: 12/30/1873
Patentee: Feely, L.
Location: Rochester, NY
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: N/A

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Patent #: 146123
Patent Date: 01/06/1874
Patentee: Chandler, George W. and Folsom, John G.
Location: New Ipswich, MA and Winchendon, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: assigned to John C. Folsom

Patent #: 147851
Patent Date: 02/24/1874
Patentee: Manuel, Warren
Location: Boston, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 149306
Patent Date: 04/07/1874
Patentee: Hart, Hubert C.
Location: Unionville, CT
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: Mfg. by P. & F. Corbin Co.

Patent #: 156370
Patent Date: 10/27/1874
Patentee: Moore, William R.
Location: Burton, OH.
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Improvement in wrenches.
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 150108
Patent Date: 10/27/1874
Patentee: Uhl, Johann E.
Location: Renovo, PA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 157212
Patent Date: 11/24/1874
Patentee: Mitchell, John S.
Location: Newark, NJ
Manufacturer: bit-stock
Source: N/A
Description: N/A
Comment: N/A

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Patent #: 159119
Patent Date: 01/02/1875
Patentee: Robinson, Sylvanus E.
Location: Marshfield, WI
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: yes
Description: Wrenches (brace-wrench)
Comment: N/A

Patent #: N/A
Patent Date: 01/05/1875
Patentee: Rose, Clemens B.
Location: Sunderland, MA.
Manufacturer: Assignor by mesne to Millers Falls Mfg. Co, Miller's Falls, MA.
Source: yes.
Description: Improvement in bit-stocks.
Comment: reissue of Patent No. 63,944, April 16, 1867.

Patent #: 160365
Patent Date: 03/02/1875
Patentee: Tucker, William
Location: Fiskedale, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: bit holder
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 161031
Patent Date: 03/23/1875
Patentee: Hart, Hobert C.
Location: Unionville, CT
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock with rotating chuck.
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 162271
Patent Date: 04/20/1875
Patentee: Charles, Elbert R.
Location: Petaluma, CA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 163856
Patent Date: 07/01/1875
Patentee: Sutton, Delay F.
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Manufacturer: Mfg. by Diamond Wrench & Tool Co. Portland, ME
Source: yes?
Description: Bit-stock with single jaw in rotating chuck.
Comment: Takedown frame.

Patent #: 167897
Patent Date: 09/21/1875
Patentee: Hart, Hubert C.
Location: Unionville, CT
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Improvement in ratchet-braces for metal drills.
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 168933
Patent Date: 10/19/1875
Patentee: Stanley, Henry
Location: Johnsbury, VT
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Improvement in handles for boring tools.
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 171255
Patent Date: 12/21/1875
Patentee: Anthoine, James W.
Location: Miller's Falls, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: yes
Description: Angular adjustable bit-stock.
Comment: N/A

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Patent #: 175105
Patent Date: 03/21/1876
Patentee: Ives, William A. and Rutz, A.
Location: New Haven, CT
Manufacturer: Ives
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-brace
Comment: assigned to W.A. Ives Co.

Patent #: 175151
Patent Date: 03/21/1876
Patentee: Pfleghar, F.P.
Location: New Haven, CT
Manufacturer: Ives
Source: yes?
Description: Ratchet bit-brace
Comment: assigned to W.A. Ives Co.

Patent #: 175272
Patent Date: 03/28/1876
Patentee: Cross, William F.
Location: Red Wing, MN.
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Improvement in wrenches and bit-stocks.
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 177089
Patent Date: 05/09/1876
Patentee: Boynton, Eben M.
Location: New York, NY
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 180850
Patent Date: 08/08/1876
Patentee: Curtis, William F.
Location: Miller's Falls, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 181574
Patent Date: 08/29/1876
Patentee: Green, George W.
Location: Exeter, NH
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: yes
Description: Bit-stock wrench
Comment: Very crude.

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Patent #: 191133
Patent Date: 05/21/1877
Patentee: Gardiner, Rodolphus
Location: Olneyville, RI
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit gage
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 191540
Patent Date: 06/05/1877
Patentee: Matthews, James T.
Location: New Berne, NC
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Ratcheting bit-stock with pivoting head.
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 191815
Patent Date: 06/12/1877
Patentee: Powers, Daniel
Location: Shelburne Falls, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock with gear-train multiplier
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 192018
Patent Date: 06/12/1877
Patentee: Rose, Clemens B.
Location: Miller's Falls, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Ratchet bit-stock
Comment: Bowdoin S. Parker, administrator.

Patent #: 193632
Patent Date: 07/31/1877
Patentee: Amidon, Charles H.
Location: Miller's Falls, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Brace-wrench
Comment: assigned 1/2 to E.R. Saxton, Buffalo, NY.

Patent #: 195373
Patent Date: 09/18/1877
Patentee: Ives, William A.
Location: New Haven, CT
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: yes
Description: Bit-brace
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 198685
Patent Date: 12/25/1877
Patentee: Robinson, Sylvanus E.
Location: Newark, NJ.
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Improvement in wrenches.
Comment: N/A

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Patent #: 200757
Patent Date: 02/26/1878
Patentee: Pratt, Henry L.
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Ratchet bit-brace
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 201379
Patent Date: 03/19/1878
Patentee: Amidon, Charles H.
Location: Buffalo, NY
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-brace
Comment: assigned 1/2 to E.R. Saxton, Buffalo, NY.

Patent #: 202548
Patent Date: 04/16/1878
Patentee: Ives, William A.
Location: New Haven, CT
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 204416
Patent Date: 06/04/1878
Patentee: Backus, Quimby S.
Location: Holyoke, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: no
Description: Jaws intergal with frame of brace; closed via tapered thread.
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 204727
Patent Date: 06/11/1878
Patentee: Hart, Hubert C.
Location: Unionville, CT.
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Base of jaws pinned to frame of brace
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 205096
Patent Date: 06/18/1878
Patentee: Ives, William A.
Location: New Haven, CT
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Auger handle
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 205400
Patent Date: 06/25/1878
Patentee: Knowles, Charles M.
Location: New London, CT
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 206006
Patent Date: 07/16/1878
Patentee: Crockford, Alfred H.
Location: Newark, NJ
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit clamp
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 207964
Patent Date: 09/10/1878
Patentee: Hart, Hobert C.
Location: Unionville, CT
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Ratchet bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 208168
Patent Date: 09/17/1878
Patentee: Griswold, Charles L.
Location: Chester, CT
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: assigned 1/2 to Henry M. Tighe, New York, NY.

Patent #: 208623
Patent Date: 10/01/1878
Patentee: Merryman, Edward Clinton
Location: Monkton, IN
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-brace
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 210075
Patent Date: 11/19/1878
Patentee: Amidon, Charles H.
Location: Buffalo, NY
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-brace
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 210335
Patent Date: 11/26/1878
Patentee: Knowles, Charles M.
Location: New London, CT
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 210553
Patent Date: 12/03/1878
Patentee: Palmer, Alfred J.
Location: Carlton, NY
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: yes
Description: Washer-cutter brace ("Improve- ment in washer-cutters")
Comment: N/A

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Patent #: 212110
Patent Date: 02/11/1879
Patentee: Peck, Obed and Powers, D.
Location: Rowe, MA and Shelburne, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: yes
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: assigned to Obed Peck.

Patent #: 213399
Patent Date: 03/18/1879
Patentee: Di Bert, Loyd C.
Location: San Francisco, CA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock (adjustable from conventional to wimble)
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 216776
Patent Date: 06/24/1879
Patentee: Backus, Quimby S.
Location: New York, NY
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: yes
Description: Bit-stock wrenches
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 217672
Patent Date: 07/22/1879
Patentee: Amidon, Charles H.
Location: Buffalo, NY
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-brace
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 218107
Patent Date: 08/05/1879
Patentee: Beadle, Jesse
Location: Shickshinny, PA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock (Double wimble)
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 218593
Patent Date: 08/12/1879
Patentee: Stow, Orson W.
Location: Plantsville, CT
Manufacturer: Peck, Stow and Wilcox
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: assigned to Peck, Stow and Wilcox.

Patent #: 219574
Patent Date: 09/16/1879
Patentee: Fray, John S.
Location: Bridgeport, CT
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: N/A
Description: Bit-brace
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 219872
Patent Date: 09/23/1879
Patentee: Peck, Obed
Location: Rowe, MA
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: ?
Description: Bit-stock
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 221391
Patent Date: 11/11/1879
Patentee: Brinton, Caleb
Location: Chicago, IL
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: no
Description: Expandable auger bit
Comment: N/A

Patent #: 221971
Patent Date: 11/25/1879
Patentee: Murry, John H.
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Manufacturer: N/A
Source: no
Description: Cartridge-loading apparatus based on brace.
Comment: N/A

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