this one looks like a few others but not quite.
any ideas?
thanks
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That's the mysterious w mark that we couldn't agree upon who made it.
I thought I remembered a discussion but I cant find it.
The latest is here: http://www.thegaragegazette.com/index.php?topic=29407.0
As KW posted, this topic came up recently.
I have some questions if you don't mind.
First, any way you can add a photo of the drive side of the head?
Are there markings around the bottom of the handle?
The handle end certainly looks like Duro Chrome/Indestro however the transition from the beam to handle seems different.
Quote from: 3baygarage on October 31, 2016, 02:04:44 AM
As KW posted, this topic came up recently.
I have some questions if you don't mind.
no mind here
First, any way you can add a photo of the drive side of the head?
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Are there markings around the bottom of the handle?
no
The handle end certainly looks like Duro Chrome/Indestro however the transition from the beam to handle seems different.
yes the end looks like Industro, but no marks at all on end of ratchet
drive side says Pat Pend
Thanks. Very hard to tell but that side there reminds me of a Crescent ratchet.
I was curious if it happened to be this patent issued to JH Williams:
https://www.google.co.in/patents/US2706424?dq=US2706424+A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwip1caN6InQAhUJ1CYKHSjfD1wQ6AEIGzAA (https://www.google.co.in/patents/US2706424?dq=US2706424+A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwip1caN6InQAhUJ1CYKHSjfD1wQ6AEIGzAA)
Oddly, the later Crescent Niagara patent http://www.google.com/patents/US2982161 (http://www.google.com/patents/US2982161) cites another patent belonging to the inventor of the above Williams patent ratchet.
This is too deep for me. Normally I can just look and tell but nothing conclusive here. Staring at patent sketches too long can drive a guy nuts.
I think you found it.
With out seeing the inside of that ratchet you will never know if either one of those pertain or not. Both patents are for the drive mechanism, nothing to do with the design of the ratchet its self.
Quote from: bill300d on November 02, 2016, 04:06:01 PM
With out seeing the inside of that ratchet you will never know if either one of those pertain or not. Both patents are for the drive mechanism, nothing to do with the design of the ratchet its self.
Yeah, but they look identical.