Key words: bit-stock, auger, drill-stock, chuck, boring machine
The American Patented Brace
T to Z
Ron Pearson
| Patent #: |
17944 |
| Patent Date: |
07/28/1857 |
| Patentee: |
Taft, George C. |
| Location: |
Worcester, MA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Self-feeding drill |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
78157 |
| Patent Date: |
05/19/1868 |
| Patentee: |
Tate, Isaac C. |
| Location: |
New London, CT |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-brace |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
.5115 |
| Patent Date: |
06/30/1836 |
| Patentee: |
Taylor, Jeremy |
| Location: |
Hebron, CT. |
| Manufacturer: |
Increase Wilson Mfg. Co.; New London, CT. |
| Source: |
yes |
| Description: |
Bitstock |
| Comment: |
Also manufactured by Hebron Mfg. Co and/or H.O. White, Hebron, CT. |
| Patent #: |
82044 |
| Patent Date: |
09/08/1868 |
| Patentee: |
Taylor, O.H. |
| Location: |
Brooklyn, NY |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-stock |
| Comment: |
assigned to William E. Parrish. |
| Patent #: |
96505 |
| Patent Date: |
11/02/1869 |
| Patentee: |
Taylor, O.H. |
| Location: |
Brooklyn, NY |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-stock |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
1152669 |
| Patent Date: |
09/07/1915 |
| Patentee: |
Taylor, William J.C. |
| Location: |
Clarksburg, WV |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Holder for bits and similar tools |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
719703 |
| Patent Date: |
02/03/1903 |
| Patentee: |
Thibert, Napoleon R. |
| Location: |
Worcester, MA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-stock |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
568381 |
| Patent Date: |
09/29/1896 |
| Patentee: |
Thompson, Charles E. |
| Location: |
Leesburg, VA. |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Combination-tool. |
| Comment: |
Very similar to Robinson and Johnson tools. |
| Patent #: |
568382 |
| Patent Date: |
09/29/1896 |
| Patentee: |
Thompson, Charles E. |
| Location: |
Leesburg, VA. |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Combination carriage-jack. |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
87309 |
| Patent Date: |
02/23/1869 |
| Patentee: |
Thompson, Francis M. and John W. |
| Location: |
Greenfield, MA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
bit-stock |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
82179 |
| Patent Date: |
09/15/1868 |
| Patentee: |
Thompson, John W. and M. Francis |
| Location: |
Greenfield, MA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-stock |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
755078 |
| Patent Date: |
03/22/1904 |
| Patentee: |
Trumbull, Drayton E. |
| Location: |
Fremont, NE |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-stock |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| 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 #: |
23326 |
| Patent Date: |
03/22/1859 |
| Patentee: |
Tucker, William |
| Location: |
Blackstone, MA. |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
yes |
| Description: |
Securing bit in stock |
| 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 #: |
584099 |
| Patent Date: |
06/08/1897 |
| Patentee: |
Van Lenten, Abraham |
| Location: |
Paterson, NJ |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit handle (cross) |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
N/A |
| Patent Date: |
10/03/1899 |
| Patentee: |
Wallace, Harris L. |
| Location: |
Halifax, Canada |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Design for a brace and wrench member. |
| Comment: |
Design Patent No. 31593 |
| Patent #: |
267732 |
| Patent Date: |
11/21/1882 |
| Patentee: |
Warfield, Oliver D. |
| Location: |
Springfield, MA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-stock |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
671461 |
| Patent Date: |
04/09/1901 |
| Patentee: |
Warn, Edward T. |
| Location: |
Sterling, IL. |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Chuck-wrench. |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
323989 |
| Patent Date: |
08/11/1885 |
| Patentee: |
Washburn, William S. |
| Location: |
East Bridgewater, MA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-stock |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
309902 |
| Patent Date: |
12/30/1884 |
| Patentee: |
Watson, John |
| Location: |
Buffalo, NY |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-stock |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
288748 |
| Patent Date: |
11/20/1883 |
| Patentee: |
Watson, John |
| Location: |
Buffalo, NY |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-brace |
| Comment: |
assigned to self and J.C. Conway. |
| Patent #: |
243093 |
| Patent Date: |
06/21/1881 |
| Patentee: |
Watson, John |
| Location: |
Buffalo, NY |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-stock |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
549837 |
| Patent Date: |
11/12/1895 |
| Patentee: |
Weir, David |
| Location: |
Hartford, CTH |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
yes? |
| Description: |
Drill-chuck |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
550306 |
| Patent Date: |
11/26/1895 |
| Patentee: |
Welch, William T. |
| Location: |
Milton, PA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Ratchet drill |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
1059242 |
| Patent Date: |
04/15/1913 |
| Patentee: |
Wells, Alphred F. and Joseph C. |
| Location: |
East Stone Gap, VA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Bit-stock |
| Comment: |
Assign 1/18 each to John, William and Edward Goodloe; 1/6 to A.H. Reeder, all of Big Stone Gap, VA |
| Patent #: |
970360 |
| Patent Date: |
09/13/1910 |
| Patentee: |
Whigham, William H. |
| Location: |
California, PA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Angle guide attachment for boring-tools. |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
970361 |
| Patent Date: |
09/13/1910 |
| Patentee: |
Whigham, William H. |
| Location: |
California, PA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-brace with angle guide attachment |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
378274 |
| Patent Date: |
02/21/1888 |
| Patentee: |
White, Ansley D. |
| Location: |
Buffalo, NY |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-brace |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
97010 |
| Patent Date: |
11/16/1869 |
| Patentee: |
Whitman, Charles P. |
| Location: |
Charlemont, MA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-stock fastening |
| Comment: |
assigned to self and W.C. Dodge. |
| 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 #: |
319159 |
| Patent Date: |
06/02/1885 |
| Patentee: |
Whitney, Edgar H. |
| Location: |
Winchendon, MA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
yes |
| Description: |
Rachet mechanism with cam action |
| Comment: |
* |
| Patent #: |
20010 |
| Patent Date: |
04/20/1858 |
| Patentee: |
Whittemore, David H. |
| Location: |
Worcester, MA. |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Bit holder |
| 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 #: |
521997 |
| Patent Date: |
06/26/1894 |
| Patentee: |
Whitus, Charles, Wilks, John W. and Whitus, N |
| Location: |
Chester, SC |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Brace and bit gage |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
87531 |
| Patent Date: |
03/02/1869 |
| Patentee: |
Wilcox, D. |
| Location: |
Ansonia, CT |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-brace wrench |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
428984 |
| Patent Date: |
05/27/1890 |
| Patentee: |
Wilcox, Lewis C. |
| Location: |
Buffalo, NY |
| Manufacturer: |
assignee |
| Source: |
yes |
| Description: |
Bit-brace |
| Comment: |
assigned to American Bit Brace Co., Buffalo, NY. |
| Patent #: |
568932 |
| Patent Date: |
10/06/1896 |
| Patentee: |
Wilcox, Samuel W. |
| Location: |
Mendon, MA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-centering device |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
885819 |
| Patent Date: |
04/28/1908 |
| Patentee: |
Wilkins, David O. |
| Location: |
Oklahoma, OK |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Brace. |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
814320 |
| Patent Date: |
03/06/1906 |
| Patentee: |
William A. Peck |
| Location: |
Jersey City, NJ |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-stock jaw |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
547053 |
| Patent Date: |
10/01/1895 |
| Patentee: |
Williams, Charles A. |
| Location: |
New Whatcom, WA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Ratchet-drill (engineer's) |
| 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 #: |
309276 |
| Patent Date: |
12/16/1884 |
| Patentee: |
Wilson, Hezekiah |
| Location: |
Kingston, PA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit holder |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
54990 |
| Patent Date: |
05/22/1866 |
| Patentee: |
Wimmer, William |
| Location: |
Elizabethport, NJ |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Securing bits in braces. |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
390936 |
| Patent Date: |
10/09/1888 |
| Patentee: |
Windle, John E. |
| Location: |
Worcester, MA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-gage |
| Comment: |
assigned to N.J. Smith. |
| Patent #: |
95060 |
| Patent Date: |
09/21/1869 |
| Patentee: |
Winklehouse, Jacob |
| Location: |
New York, NY |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Bit-holder |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
37022 |
| Patent Date: |
11/25/1862 |
| Patentee: |
Winslow, Lorenzo |
| Location: |
Rochester, NY. |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
yes |
| Description: |
Fastening bits or augers to their stocks or handles. |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
84523 |
| Patent Date: |
12/01/1868 |
| Patentee: |
Wood, F.A. |
| Location: |
Jersey City, NJ |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
yes |
| Description: |
Bit-brace |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
63684 |
| Patent Date: |
04/09/1867 |
| Patentee: |
Woods, William Henry |
| Location: |
San Francisco, CA |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
yes |
| Description: |
Bit-brace |
| Comment: |
N/A |
| Patent #: |
536116 |
| Patent Date: |
03/19/1895 |
| Patentee: |
Worthington, Horace G. and Wheeler, William |
| Location: |
Washington, DC |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Extensible bit-stock |
| Comment: |
assignor 1/3 to J.M. White |
| Patent #: |
452589 |
| Patent Date: |
05/19/1891 |
| Patentee: |
Wright, Ludwin F. |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Combined Ratchet drill, brace and breast-drill. |
| 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 #: |
1294216 |
| Patent Date: |
02/11/1919 |
| Patentee: |
Zarek, Jacob P. |
| Location: |
Kenosha, WI |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
no |
| Description: |
Changeable-speed brace |
| Comment: |
lever-actuated variable gearing |
| Patent #: |
438338 |
| Patent Date: |
10/14/1890 |
| Patentee: |
Zirikelback, Joseph |
| Location: |
Buffalo, NY |
| Manufacturer: |
N/A |
| Source: |
N/A |
| Description: |
Ratchet bit-brace |
| Comment: |
N/A |
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Created: Saturday, May 31, 1997