Key words: bit-stock, auger, drill-stock, chuck, boring machine
The American Patented Brace
H to J
Ron Pearson
| Patent #: |
859059 |
| Patent Date: |
07/02/1907 |
| Patentee: |
Haeberli, Christopher J. and Schmidt, Herbert |
| Location: |
Buffalo, NY |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
yes |
| Description: |
Angular bit-brace (take-apart) |
| Comment: |
assignors of 2/6 to E. Ziegler and E. Dumke |
| Patent #: |
79115 |
| Patent Date: |
06/23/1868 |
| Patentee: |
Haingue, M. |
| Location: |
San Francisco, CA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Drill-stock (engineer's) |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
1107938 |
| Patent Date: |
08/18/1914 |
| Patentee: |
Hall, Samuel N. |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Bit-brace with crank arm |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
1212481 |
| Patent Date: |
01/16/1917 |
| Patentee: |
Hall, Samuel N. |
| Location: |
Memphis, TN |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Two-speed mechanism via enclosed gear train. |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
1212480 |
| Patent Date: |
01/16/1917 |
| Patentee: |
Hall, Samuel N. and Peterson, Carl M. |
| Location: |
Memphis, TN and Washington, DC |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Two-speed mechanism via enclosed gear train. |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
988263 |
| Patent Date: |
03/28/1911 |
| Patentee: |
Hanson, Oscar B. |
| Location: |
Plum City, WI |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Attachment for bit braces. |
| Comment: |
Bit speed modification via gearing. |
| Patent #: |
1065360 |
| Patent Date: |
06/24/1913 |
| Patentee: |
Harris, Harry |
| Location: |
Tyrone, PA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Geared bit-stock |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
1264922 |
| Patent Date: |
05/07/1918 |
| Patentee: |
Harris, Joseph |
| Location: |
West Toronto, Ontario, Can. |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Adjustable tool. |
| Comment: |
Right angle drilling attachment. |
| Patent #: |
650718 |
| Patent Date: |
05/29/1900 |
| Patentee: |
Harrison, William Henry Craine |
| Location: |
Woodville, South Australia |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Tool holder: multiple bits held on lower arm of brace. |
| Comment: |
Similar to James Holley patent. |
| Patent #: |
637735 |
| Patent Date: |
11/21/1899 |
| Patentee: |
Harrison, William Henry Craine |
| Location: |
Woodville, South Australia |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Tool holder: multiple bits on brace arm. |
| Comment: |
Similar to design of James Holley. |
| 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 #: |
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 #: |
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 #: |
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 #: |
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 #: |
617742 |
| Patent Date: |
01/17/1899 |
| Patentee: |
Harter, Jacob. |
| Location: |
North Manchester, IN. |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Axle nut wrench. |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
54069 |
| Patent Date: |
04/17/1866 |
| Patentee: |
Hartford, D.F. |
| Location: |
Boston, MA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Drill-stock |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
945735 |
| Patent Date: |
01/04/1910 |
| Patentee: |
Hartsocg, Martin |
| Location: |
Ottumwa, IA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-chuck and bit |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
526314 |
| Patent Date: |
09/18/1894 |
| Patentee: |
Hay, Francis M. |
| Location: |
Erie, PA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-stock (with fast-acting rotary chuck) |
| Comment: |
assigned 1/2 to James McGavin McKerrow, Oil City, PA. |
| Patent #: |
629294 |
| Patent Date: |
07/18/1899 |
| Patentee: |
Heady, George H. |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Brace-operated lock- mortising machine. |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
810409 |
| Patent Date: |
01/23/1906 |
| Patentee: |
Heard, George M.D. |
| Location: |
Worcester, MA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Ratchet-brace. |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
779079 |
| Patent Date: |
01/03/1905 |
| Patentee: |
Heard, George M.D. |
| Location: |
painesville, OH |
| Manufacturer: |
E.S. Brace Co, Niagra Falls, NY |
| Source: |
yes |
| Description: |
Knock-down bit-stock |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
935256 |
| Patent Date: |
09/28/1909 |
| Patentee: |
Heard, George M.D. |
| Location: |
Painesville, OH |
| Manufacturer: |
Probably E.S. Brace Co. |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Ratchet-brace. |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
868985 |
| Patent Date: |
10/22/1907 |
| Patentee: |
Heard, George M.D. |
| Location: |
Painesville, OH |
| Manufacturer: |
Probably E.S. Brace Co. |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Ratchet-brace. |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
1266802 |
| Patent Date: |
05/21/1918 |
| Patentee: |
Hedden, Clarence D. |
| Location: |
Corral, ID |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Extension-sweep bit brace |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
429525 |
| Patent Date: |
06/03/1889 |
| Patentee: |
Herm, Joseph |
| Location: |
Birmingham, AL |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Ratchet-brace. |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
286610 |
| Patent Date: |
10/16/1883 |
| Patentee: |
Heysinger, Isaac W. |
| Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
yes |
| Description: |
Bit-brace and washer cutter |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
397499 |
| Patent Date: |
02/12/1889 |
| Patentee: |
Hickok, Franklin K. and Lambie, Robert M. |
| Location: |
New York, NY |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Combined carriage-jack, wrench and bit-stock. |
| 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 #: |
19028 |
| Patent Date: |
01/05/1858 |
| Patentee: |
Hill, B.B. and Adams, S.W. |
| Location: |
Chicopee, MA. |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
yes |
| Description: |
Bit holder |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
18282 |
| Patent Date: |
09/29/1857 |
| Patentee: |
Hill, Benjamin B. |
| Location: |
Chicopee, MA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Bit holder |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
854742 |
| Patent Date: |
05/28/1907 |
| Patentee: |
Hill, Charles E. |
| Location: |
Foster, OH |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Adjustable extension bit holder |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
76632 |
| Patent Date: |
04/14/1868 |
| Patentee: |
Hill, S.B. |
| Location: |
Chicopee, MA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-brace |
| Comment: |
assigned to self and Levi B. Taylor. |
| Patent #: |
495335 |
| Patent Date: |
04/11/1893 |
| Patentee: |
Hitch, John E. |
| Location: |
Wilmington, OH |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-brace |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
534830 |
| Patent Date: |
02/26/1895 |
| Patentee: |
Hoge, Albert S. |
| Location: |
Wise, VA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Boring Machine (bench holder for brace) |
| Comment: |
Assignor 1/2 to Emory E. Hoge, Washington, DC |
| 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 #: |
745059 |
| Patent Date: |
11/24/1903 |
| Patentee: |
Holley, James |
| Location: |
West Palm Beach, FL |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Brace with multiple bits on built-in carousel. |
| Comment: |
earlier of two patents bY Holley: see Patent No. 853,243. |
| Patent #: |
853243 |
| Patent Date: |
05/14/1907 |
| Patentee: |
Holley, James |
| Location: |
West Palm Beach, FL |
| Manufacturer: |
American Cylinder Brace and Mfg. Co., West Palm Beach, Fl. |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Chuck has cylinder housing eight bits which extend individually. |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
235532 |
| Patent Date: |
12/14/1880 |
| Patentee: |
Holt, Gardiner L. |
| Location: |
Springfield, MA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
yes |
| Description: |
Bit-brace |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
468911 |
| Patent Date: |
02/16/1892 |
| Patentee: |
Holt, Gardiner L. |
| Location: |
Springfield, MA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Ratchet brace |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
49758 |
| Patent Date: |
09/05/1865 |
| Patentee: |
House, J.A. and H.A. |
| Location: |
Bridgeport, CT |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Bit stock with chain-driven gear multiplication |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
24807 |
| Patent Date: |
07/19/1859 |
| Patentee: |
Hoyt, L.S. and Beers, B.B. |
| Location: |
New Fairfield, CT. |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
yes |
| Description: |
Bit-stock and wrench |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
40412 |
| Patent Date: |
10/27/1863 |
| Patentee: |
Hunter, C.F. |
| Location: |
Adrian, MI. |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Holding bits in their sockets |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
246513 |
| Patent Date: |
08/30/1881 |
| Patentee: |
Ireland, Frederick W. |
| Location: |
Buffalo, NY |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-brace |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
417486 |
| Patent Date: |
12/17/1889 |
| Patentee: |
Isabel, Joseph N. |
| Location: |
Concord, NH |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit attachment |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
248470 |
| Patent Date: |
10/18/1881 |
| Patentee: |
Ives, William A. |
| Location: |
New haven, CT |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
? |
| Description: |
bit-stock |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
247062 |
| Patent Date: |
09/13/1881 |
| Patentee: |
Ives, William A. |
| Location: |
New Haven, CT |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
? |
| Description: |
Bit-stock |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
258764 |
| Patent Date: |
05/30/1882 |
| Patentee: |
Ives, William A. |
| Location: |
New Haven, CT |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-stock |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| 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 #: |
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 #: |
87940 |
| Patent Date: |
03/16/1869 |
| Patentee: |
Ives, William A. |
| Location: |
New Haven, CT |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Brace for bits |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| 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 #: |
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 #: |
270072 |
| Patent Date: |
01/02/1883 |
| Patentee: |
Ives, William A. |
| Location: |
New Haven, CT |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-stock |
| 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 #: |
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 #: |
301058 |
| Patent Date: |
06/24/1884 |
| Patentee: |
Ives. William A. |
| Location: |
New Haven, CT |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-brace |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
411722 |
| Patent Date: |
09/24/1889 |
| Patentee: |
Jackson, George B. and Tasker, Stillnon P. |
| Location: |
Birmingham, CT |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-stock |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
933179 |
| Patent Date: |
09/07/1909 |
| Patentee: |
Jacobs, Arthur I. |
| Location: |
Hartford, CT |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Chuck |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
35856 |
| Patent Date: |
07/08/1862 |
| Patentee: |
James M. Horton |
| Location: |
Albany, NY |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Improvement in shank-sockets for auger handles. |
| Comment: |
Assignor to James H. Humphrey, Albany, NY. |
| Patent #: |
756197 |
| Patent Date: |
03/29/1904 |
| Patentee: |
Jarvis, Albert A. and Lane, William H. |
| Location: |
Berkley, VA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Tool Attachment |
| Comment: |
gear reduction mechanism. |
| Patent #: |
1127007 |
| Patent Date: |
02/02/1915 |
| Patentee: |
Jennings, Arthur L. |
| Location: |
Deep River, CT |
| Manufacturer: |
Russell-Jennings |
| Source: |
yes |
| Description: |
Auger bit and brace |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
1070523 |
| Patent Date: |
08/19/1913 |
| Patentee: |
Jerry Pecord |
| Location: |
Willard, Illinois |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Brace Construction - lever mechanism |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
303643 |
| Patent Date: |
08/19/1884 |
| Patentee: |
Johnson, James W. |
| Location: |
Ottawa, KS |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Cam-operated chuck. |
| Comment: |
Lars |
| Patent #: |
1060845 |
| Patent Date: |
05/06/1913 |
| Patentee: |
Johnson, John W. |
| Location: |
Leavenworth, KS |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Bit-holder (chuck) |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
306690 |
| Patent Date: |
10/14/1884 |
| Patentee: |
Johnson, Richard D. |
| Location: |
Springfield, MA |
| Manufacturer: |
Davis Tool and Level Co. |
| Source: |
yes |
| Description: |
Bit-stock (chuck) |
| Comment: |
assigned to L.L. Davis. |
| Patent #: |
923848 |
| Patent Date: |
06/08/1909 |
| Patentee: |
Johnson, William P. |
| Location: |
Plumtree, NC |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-brace |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
601302 |
| Patent Date: |
03/29/1898 |
| Patentee: |
Johnston, Samuel J. |
| Location: |
Leesburg, VA. |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
yes. |
| Description: |
Combination-tool. |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
530419 |
| Patent Date: |
12/04/1894 |
| Patentee: |
Johnston, Samuel J. |
| Location: |
Leesburg, VA |
| Manufacturer: |
Lowentraut, Newark, NJ |
| Source: |
yes |
| Description: |
Combination tool (Brace wrench), serial no. 518,017 |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
674735 |
| Patent Date: |
05/21/1901 |
| Patentee: |
Johnston, Samuel J. |
| Location: |
Leesburg, VA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
yes |
| Description: |
Combination tool (brace wrench) |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
779084 |
| Patent Date: |
01/03/1905 |
| Patentee: |
Jones. Arthur |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
drill or tool holder |
| Comment: |
N/A |
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Created: Saturday, May31, 1997