IM- PROVEMENTS IN RATCHET BRACES AND LEVERS."
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Aldridge Weston, of King's Norton, in the
County of Worcester, Mechanical Engineer, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN RATCHET BRACES AND LEVERS."
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Sealed the 19th October 1866, and dated the 27th April 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Aldridge Weston
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 27th April 1866.
I, THOMAS ALDRIDGE WESTON, of King's Norton, in the County of
Worcester, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said**
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN RATCHET BRACES AND LEVERS," to be as
follows:-
My Invention consists, firstly, of improvements in and additions to an
Invention described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to me"
bearing date April 18th, 1863, No. 974; and, secondly, of a certain improved
construction of ratchet brace and lever differing essentially from the ratchet-
levers described in the Specification of the Patent herein-before referred to.
In making a ratchet brace according to the first part of my Invention 1
construct and combine the parts in the manner described and represented in'

page_text: the Specification of the Patent herein-before referred to, excepting that in
place of connecting the arm or lever by which the ratchet lever or brace is
turned rigidly to the barrel of the lever in a plane at right angles to the axis
of the ratchet brace or lever I connect the said arm or lever thereto by
means of a joint which permits the said arm or lever to be inclined to the
plane in which it rotates. By this arrangement the operator may vibrate the
said arm or lever during use, so as to make it describe a sinuous or other
course for the purpose of enabling it to avoid obstacles which would arrest its
motion were it confined to motion in a plane at right angles to the axis of the
ratchet brace or lever, as in the case of ratchet braces and levers with fixed
arms or levers for working them. I prefer to joint the arm or lever to the
ratchet brace or lever by means of two lugs or short ears, between which the
eye end of the arm or lever is placed, the pin on which the lever turns being
passed through the lugs and lever. By withdrawing the pin the arm or lever
may be detached and passed through the lugs. Two workmen in this case
may simultaneously apply themselves to work the ratchet lever or brace, one
acting on one end of the lever and the other on the other end.
I combine the pall. disk or barrel with the ratchet wheel described in the
Specification of the Patent herein-before referred to with certain new parts in
the following manner :-I form the said ratchet, wheel with a nozzle or pro-
jection on its back, which is recessed to receive and grasp the shank end of
a boring bit or other tool, and it is also formed with a shank or spindle pro-
jecting from its face or toothed side and screwed at the end, which spindle
being passed through a central opening bored for it in the pall barrel screws
into a disk with a nozzle formed on its outer side, similar to the nozzle on the
ratchet wheel and like it adapted to grasp a bit or tool, and between the inner
face of this disk or nozzle piece and the toothed face of the ratchet wheel, the
pall disk turns upon the shank or spindle of the ratchet wheel. I actuate
the brace as follows:-I take a short hollow cylinder open at one end (herein-
after called a chuck) into which the ratchet apparatus described may be thrust
either end first, leaving one of the nozzles projecting outside to receive a bit.
The chuck has a slot or slots at its outer edge to engage with a small stud or
studs, on the periphery of the pall barrel to prevent it turning within the chuck
when, force, is applied, The solid. end of the chuck is formed, into a shank of
a square or other sectional figure to fit a corresponding recess in the boss or
head of, a short lever to be grasped by the hand and vibrated in the usual
manner for working ratchet braces, such motion. being communicated to the
pall barrel contained within the chuck through the stud or studs on the pall
barrel engaging with the slot or slots in the chuck, and thus to the bit or tool

page_text: placed in the nozzle; either nozzle may be used giving the ratchet action in
contrary directions. This construction of brace is particularly useful for the
purposes of coach makers, bell hangers, and carpenters for confined situations
where there is insufficient space for an ordinary bit, stock, or brace. For use in
situations where there is a very limited space for a ratchet brace or lever in the
direction of the axis of its rotation I construct a ratchet brace as follows:-The
eye or head of the lever is made with a series of internal teeth projecting from
its inner periphery, as in the ratchet lever described in the Specification of
the Patent herein-before referred to, except that in this improved form there
is only one series of teeth instead of two, with which single set of teeth all the
palls engage in succession, instead of the two sets of teeth and corresponding
palls in the ratchet lever described in the said Specification. The palls äud
springs are contained in recesses formed on the inner faces of two disks which
are placed on opposite sides of the lever eye or head. The said two disks
project towards each other and meet filling up the opening or eye of the lever,
so that the palls and springs lie half in one disk and half in the other.
Through both disks, which are attached to each other by screws or livets in a
square central opening as in the ordinary ratchet lever. When this ratchet
lever is used as a drilling. brace there is inserted into the square central
opening a short feed screw made square through that part of its length whichi
lies in the said opening, and having in the same part or end 'the usual recess
to receive the drill shauk; the other end of the feed screw projects outwards
to enter a short hollow nut with the usual conical point by which the' feed
motion is imparted. to the bit. This mode of construction allows of a very
small axial length to the head of the brace or barrel, and the handle attached
thereto may be the usual plain straight lever or the jointed one already par-
ticularly described.
In making a ratchet brace according to the second part of my Invention
I take two ratchet wheels with the teeth cut on their periphery in the same
direction as in ordinary ratchet brace teeth, but differing in the respects
herein-after explained. The lower one of these ratchet wheels is recessed on
its under side to receive the square end of the drill or boring bit, and its
upper side is formed into a stud or projection contrarily situated and screwed
at its end to screw into a hole formed in the under side of the upper ratchet
wheel.. The upper ratchet wheel is formed with an upward projection which
is screwed on its outside or bored aud screwed internally to engage with the
usual feed screw. To the sides of these two ratchet wheels 'which face' each
other two annular steel disks or washers are fastened respectively, the said
disks or washers covering the ends of the teeth and making a continuous

page_text: smooth surface on each ratchet wheel, between which surfaces the eye end of
'the lever for working the brace is held. The projection before mentioned on
the under ratchet wheel passes through the eye of the said lever, and is
screwed into the upper ratchet wheel, thereby securing the whole together.
Upon the lever are two palls situated respectively on opposite sides of the
lever, the said pulls engaging with the two ratchet wheels respectively.
These palls work upon opposite ends of a stud or pin passing. through the
lever, and each pall is so recessed in its face next the lever that it may
contain a spring to keep it in contact with the ratchet teeth, commencing
at the point of the pall next the teeth. The spring is straight lengthwise of
the pall, but at its other end it curves through nearly a whole circle, and
terminates in a stud or shank at right angles to it, by which it is attached
to the lever. The recess in the pall is of a figure nearly corresponding to
that of the spring; the whole of the spring and its stud or shank are
covered by and contained within the pall. The stud or shank of the spring
serves as a stop and prevents the pall moving out too far so as to break or
strain the spring; both palls are alike, except that they are "right and left,"
on on each side the lever. The palls work from the same axis, and engage
alternately with their respective ratchet wheels. The peculiarity of these
ratchet wheels is that their teeth may be very large and strong, and
the wheels still retain the necessary subdivision of the circle usually gained
by small teeth. The ratchet wheels are so placed with respect to each other
that the point of a tooth in one ratchet wheel is situated midway between
the points of two teeth in the other. The under ratchet wheel is formed in
a single piece and receives the drill and also screws into the other ratchet
wheel, which which latter is a single piece and forms the hollow or solid feed
screw. The lever is held between the two ratchet wheels, as described, so that
the feed screw, the recess to hold the drill, the ratchet teeth, and the means of
attachment to the working lever are in this brace all provided by the two
ratchet wheels. The two thin annular steel washers or disks before described
are useful to give more wearing surface and to lessen friction. To make a
ratchet lever (that is, the tool or implement so called in workshops) according
to the second part of my Invention the same principal parts are used as
described with respect to a ratchet brace, the feed screw being omitted, and
the recess or hole for the drill end being carried all through both ratchet
wheels, thus making a clear opening of uniform figure from the outer side of
one ratchet wheel to the outer side of the other.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Aldridge Weston in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 26th October 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
ALDRIDGE WESTON, of King's Norton, in the County of Worcester, Mechanical
Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Thomas Aldridge Weston, Her special licence that I, the
said Thomas Aldridge Weston, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Thomas Aldridge Weston, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN RATCHET BRACES AND
LEVERS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Aldridge
Weston, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Aldridge Weston, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and. by the:
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention consists, firstly, of improvements in and adilitions to an
Iuvention described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to. me,
bearing date April 18th 1863, No. 974; and, secondly, of a certain improved
construction of ratchet brace and lever differing essentially from. the ratchet
levers described in the Specification of the Patent herein-before referred to.
In making a ratchet brace according to the first part of my Invention.
I construct and combine the parts in the manner described and represented.
in the Specification of the Patent herein-before referred to excepting that in
place of connecting the arm or lever by which the ratchet lever or brace is

page_text: turned rigidly to the barrel of the lever in a plane at right angles to the axis
of the ratchet brace or lever I connect the said arm or lever thereto by means
of a joint which permits the said arm or lever to be inclined to the plane in
which it rotates. By this arrangement the operator may vibrate the said arm
or lever during use, so as to make it describe a sinuous or other course for
the purpose of enabling it to avoid obstacles which would arrest its motion
were it confined to motion in a plane at right angles to the axis of the
ratchet brace or lever, as in the case of ratchet braces and levers with fixed
arms or levers for working them. I prefer to joint the arm or lever to the
ratchet brace or lever by means of two lugs or short ears, between which the eye
end of the arm or lever is placed, the pin on which the lever turns being passed
through the lugs and lever. By withdrawing the pin the arm or lever may
be detached and passed through the lugs, two workmen in this case may
simultaneously apply themselves to work the ratchet lever or brace, one
acting on one end of the lever, and the other on the other end.
I combine the pall, disk, or barrel with the ratchet wheel described in the
Specification of the Patent herein-before referred to with certain new parts, in
the following manner:-I form the said ratchet wheel with a nozzle or
projection on its back, which is recessed to receive and grasp the shank end
of a boring bit or other tool, and it is also formed with a shank or spindle
projecting from its face or toothed side and screwed at the end, which
spindle being passed through a central opening bored for it in the pall
barrel screws into a disk with a nozzle formed on its outer side similar to the
nozzle on the ratchet wheel, and like it adapted to grasp a bit or tool, and
between the inner face of this disk or nozzle piece and the toothed face of the
ratchet wheel the pall disk turns upon the shank or spindle of the ratchet
wheel. I actuate the brace as follows:-I take a short hollow cylinder open
at one end (herein-after called a chuck). into which, the ratchet apparatus
described may be thrust either end first, leaving one of the nozzles projecting
outside to receive a bit. The chuck has a slot or slots at its outer edge to
engage with a small stud or studs on the periphery of the pall barrel to
prevent it turning within the chuck when force is applied. The solid end of
the chuck is formed into a shank of a square or other sectional figure to fit a
corresponding recess in the boss or head of a short lever to be grasped by the
hand and vibrated in the usual manner for working ratchet braces, such
motion being communicated to the pall barrel contained within the chuck
through the stud or studs on the pall barrel engaging with the slot or slots
in the chuck and thus to the bit or tool placed in the nozzle, either
nozzle may be used giving, the ratelet action in contrary directions. This

page_text: construction of brace is particularly useful for the purposes of coach makers,
bell hangers, and carpenters for confined situations where there is insufficient
space for an ordinary bit, stock, or brace. For use in situations where there
is a very limited space for a ratchet brace or lever in the direction of the
axis of its rotation I construct a ratchet brace as follows:-The eye or head
of the lever is made with a series of internal teeth projecting from its inner
periphery, as in the ratchet lever described in the Specification of the Patent
berein-before referred to, except that in this improved form there is only one
series of teeth instead of two, with which single set of teeth all the palls
engage in succession instead of the two sets of teeth and corresponding palls
in the ratchet lever described in the said Specification. The palls and
springs, are contained in recesses formed on the inner faces of two disks
which are placed on opposite sides of the lever eye or head. The said two
disks project towards each other, and meet filling up the opening or eye of
the lever, so that the palls and springs lie half in one disk and half in the
other.. Through both disks, which are attached to each other by screws or
rivets, is a square central opening as in the ordinary ratchet lever. When
this ratchet lever is used as a drilling brace there is inserted into the square
central opening a short feed screw made square through that part of its length
which lies in the said opening and having in the same part or end the usual
recess to receive the drill shank; the other end of the feed screw projects
outwards to enter a short hollow nut with the usual conical point by which
the feed motion is imparted to the bit. This mode of construction allows of
a very small axial length to the head of the brace or barrel and the handle
attached thereto may be the usual. plain straight lever or the jointed one
already particularly described.
In making a ratchet brace according to the second part of my Invention
I take two, ratchet wheels with the teeth cut on their periphery in the same
direction as in ordinary. ratchet, brace teeth, but differing in the respects
herein-after explained. The lower one of these ratchet wheels is recessed on
its, under side, to receive the square end of the drill or boring bit, and its
upper side is formed into a stud, or projection centrally situated and screwed
at its end to, screw into a hole; formed: in the under side of the upper ratchet
wheel. The upper ratchet wheel is formed with, an upward projection which
is screwed on its outside or bored and, screwed internally to engage with the
usual feed screw. To the sides, of these two ratchet wheels which face each
other, two annular steel disks or washers are fastened respectively, the said
lisks or washers covering the ends of the teeth and making a continuous
smooth surface on each ratchet wheel, between which surfaces the eye end of

page_text: the lever for working the brace is held. The projection before mentioned on
the under ratchet wheel passes through the eye of the said lever and is screwed
into the upper ratchet wheel thereby securing the whole together. Upon the
lever are two palls situated respectively on opposite sides of the lever, the said
palls engaging with the two ratchet wheels respectively. These palls work
upon opposite ends of a stud or pin passing through the lever, and each pall is
so recessed in its face next the lever that it may contain a spring to keep it in
contact with the ratchet teeth, commencing at the point of the pall next the
teeth. The spring is straight lengthwise of the pall, but at its other end it
curves through nearly a whole circle and terminates in a stud or shank at
right angles to it by which it is attached to the lever, the recess in the pall is
of a figure nearly corresponding to that of the spring, the whole of the spring
and its stud or shank are covered by and contained within the pall. The
stud or shank of the spring serves as a stop and prevents the pall moving out
too far so as to break or strain the spring, both palls are alike, except that
they are "right and left," one on each side the lever. The palls work from the
same axis and engage alternately with their respective ratchet wheels. The
peculiarity of these ratchet wheels is that their teeth may be very large and
strong and the wheels still retain the necessary subdivision of the circle usually
gained by small teeth. The ratchet wheels are so placed with respect to
each other that the point of a tooth in one ratchet wheel is situated midway
between the points of two teeth in the other. The under ratchet wheel is
formed in a single piece and receives the drill and also screws into the other
ratchet wheel, which latter is a single piece and forms the hollow or solid
feed screw. The lever is held between the two ratchet wheels, as described,
so that the feed screw, the recess to hold the drill, the ratchet teeth, and the
means of attachment to the working lever are in this brace all provided by
the two ratchet wheels. The two thin annular steel washers or discs before
described are useful to give more wearing surface and to lessen friction. To
make a ratchet lever (that is, the tool or implement so called in workshops)
according to the second part of my Invention the same principal parts are used
'as described with respect to a ratchet brace, the feed screw being omitted and
the recess or hole for the drill end being carried all through both ratchet
wheels, thus making a clear opening of uniform figure from the outer side of
one ratchet wheel to the outer side of the other.
Having described the nature of my Invention I will proceed to describe
with reference to the accompanying Drawings the manner in which the same
is to be performed.
Timun is a seational clavation and Ficure a plan partly in section of

page_text: a ratchet brace constructed according to the first part of my Invention..
Figure 8 shows the ratchet wheel a, which with the palls 6, cylinder c, feed
screw and spindle d, and other parts forming the head of the brace resemble
the corresponding parts shown in détail in Sheet 1 of the Specification of a
Patent granted to me, dated April 18th, 1863, No. 974, excepting that by
preference the palls bare grooved to allow greater length to the springs which-
rest upon the washer e, attached by the pin e¹ to the cylinder c instead of.
resting directly on the flange d' of the pin d. To the brace thus 'slightly
modified, instead of the plain rigid lever i, Sheet 1 of the Specification
of the Patent referred to, the working lever is thus attached. The cylinder c
has two lugs or ears c', and through them is passed the pin c³, securing the
eye of the lever between the lugs c¹. The advantage of this arrangement is
that the lever turning upon the pin c may in working assume any angle
with the cylinder c, permitting the brace to be used in situations where a
brace with the rigid lever, as shown in the Specification of the Patent referred
to, and also as used in ordinary braces cannot be worked. Another advantage
is that by making the lever c³ of the same diameter as the pin c³ the latter
may be withdrawn and in place thereof the lever itself may be passed through.
the said lugs projecting both ways, so that two men, one at each end of the
lever, may apply their force to the brace simultaneously.
Figure 4 is an elevation, partly sectional, Figure 5 is an end view, and
Figure 6 is a vertical section of another form of ratchet brace made according
to the first part of my Invention.
c is the cylinder; 6, the sliding palls, and a the ratchet wheel, which
parts are substantially the same as the corresponding parts of the brace
shown in Sheet 1 of the Specification of the Patent referred to, but the ratchet
wheel a is formed with a nozzle or drill socket a³ to receive the shank a³ of any
suitable tool, and it has also a shank or spindle a' which passes through the
cylinder c and is screwed at its end into the piece a, which has also a nozzle
or drill socket a', similar to a³, thus securing together the various parts, and
the brace is worked as follows:-c² is a short cylinder or chuck slotted at its
edge to engage with the studs d' fixed in the cylinder c, and also with the
thumb-piece d, for which a hole is formed near the edge of the chuck c², and
at the closed end of the same is formed the shank c³ to enter the eye of the
lever by the vibratory motion of which the brace is worked. To reverse
the ratchet action the thumb-piece d must be pressed inwards, releasing the
ratchet cylinder cand permitting it to be withdrawn from the chuck c', and its
other end inserted therein the bit or tool used being transferred from one of the
nozzles or drill sockets a³, as, to the other. The lever c may be formed with the

page_text: usual feed screw and nut where required. This form of brace is adapted to
be worked conveniently by one hand, like a common turn screw, or for car-
penters', bell hangers', and other uses. The thumb-piece d is forced outwar!s
by a spiral spring from the recess formed for it in the cylinder c.
Figure 8 is a plan, and Figure 9 is a sectional view of a ratchet lever con-
structed according to the first part of my Invention. Figure 10 is a plan of
one of the pall disks. The annular or internal ratchet teeth,. the palls, and
also their action resemble substantially the corresponding parts and action of
the lever shown in detail, Sheet 2 of the aforesaid Patent, No. 974, 1868, but
modified as herein-after described and illustrated in the Drawings.
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a, a, a, a, a, are the annular teeth; c, c¹, are the pall disks having
recesses 6 for the palls b. The disks c, c', are attached to each other by
screws enclosing the palls 6 between the said disks, and by means of the
flanges c³ embracing the teeth a the whole brace is secured together. The
palls are hollowed or bored out lengthwise to allow greater length to the spiral
springs. Instead of the plain lever the arrangement of lever described
with Figures 1 and 2 may be used. To use this lever as a drilling brace in
certain confined situations, for which by its. thinness or flatness it is peculiarly
adapted, the short spindle and feed nut, Figure 11, may be combined 'there-
with, the square part of which, d, fits into the square opening or eye of the
lever, the usual recess is formed for the drill shank at e; f is a short conical
beaded feed nut, and d' is a flange to keep the spindle from slipping through
the eye of the lever. By thus constructing a brace or lever very small space is
required for it in the direction of its' axis, allowing its use in situations where
the ordinary braces cannot be worked, still retaining in its working parts the
great strength and nicety of adjustment of the other modifications of my Inven-
tion herein particularly described.
Figure 12 is an elevation, partly in section, Figure 13 is a plan, and
Figure 14 a sectional elevation of a ratchet brace constructed according to the
second part of my Invention; Figure 15 is a plan of one of the pails and
springs. Like letters refer to like parts in all the Figures.
a, a', are two ratchet wheels, one of which, a, has a recess a³ for the drill
shank and a projecting stud as, which passes through the lever c, and screws
into the ratchet wheel a'. The latter ratchet wheel a' has a projecting shank a
upon it, which is screwed externally to form a feed screw as in Figure 12,
or it is bored. out to receive one a', as in Figure 14. 6, 6', are two steel
washers attached one to each ratchet wheel forming continuous smooth
surfaces for the eye of the lever c to work between. The teeth of the two
ratchet wheels are placed midway between each other, so that the two

page_text: palls d, d', act alternately thereon. The said palls are recessed in their sides
next the lever to receive the springs e, e. These springs are curved at one
end through nearly an entire convolution, terminating in a stud e¹, by which
they are attached to the lever. dis a. pin or stud on which the palls work..
The stud e prevents the breakage of the spring by the pall moving too far.
outwards, and the curvature of the spring prevents its breakage in its ordinary
action. Figure 16 shows the mode of fixing the stud d in the lever c; a hole
is drilled with half its diameter in the enlarged centre d³ of the stud, and the
other half in the lever c, into which hole is tapped the screw d', thus prevent-
ing the stud from either turning or sliding in the hole. In this construction.
of ratchet brace according to the second part of my Invention the ratchet
teeth, the drill socket a³, the feed screw a', and the means of attachment to
the lever are all provided by the two solid ratchet wheels a, a¹, combining '
simplicity and strength. The relative position of the teeth of the solid ratchet
wheels a, a', the points in each being opposite the spaces in the other with
the alternate action of the palls d, d, allows the use of the large and strong
teeth, shown in the accompanying Drawings, yet retains the advantage of the
frequent stops or engagements obtained by fine and weak teeth. The fine
teeth of the ordinary ratchet braces used to obtain the required frequency in
the stops or engagements with the pall are of necessity shallow or short, that
is, they are not deeply cut, giving an inefficient abutment or grasp to the
pall, and to remedy this in part they are often undercut, that is, the inner
angle into which the pall enters is made more acute, which further weakens
them and increases the "back lash" or slack movement of the handle as it is
pressed to its work, whereas the large and deep teeth of a ratchet brace made
according to my Invention from the large surface they present to the thrust
of the pall engage solidly and securely therewith without undercutting and
with little or no "back lash" in working. The steel washers 6, 61, give large
wearing surface with the lever and prevent the latter being cut by the ends of
the ratchet teeth. The feed screw a' may be made of any desired thickness
and strength without otherwise adding to the size of the brace or damaging its
efficiency. The springs are protected from injury by their shape and by being
wholly enclosed within the palls. In all these respects the advantage over
the braces ordinarily used is obvious.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the mode in which
it is to be performed, by which I make ratchet braces and levers more strong
and durable than those now in use, and also adapt them to uses for which the
ordinary braces and levers are not applicable, as herein-before shown and
described, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise

page_text: details herein described and represented in the accompanying Drawings, as
the same may be varied without departing from the nature of my Invention,
but I claim as my Invention, arranging or combining the parts of the imple-
ments or tools commonly called ratchet braces and ratchet levers in the ways
herein-before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness, whereof, I, the said Thomas. Aldridge Weston, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.
THOMAS ALDRIDGĘ WESTON: (Ls:)