The following are screwdriver examples which I would like to
purchase or borrow for study and photographing:
FOREST CITY SCREWDRIVER CO. /
PAT APRIL 16, 1895:
The maker
marks on this tool usually appear around the upper and lower ends of the
shifter barrel inside a zig-zag band. On some models there is no maker mark.
This sprial/ratchet screwdriver looks quite similar to early models of NORTH BROTHERS MANUFACTURING CO.
"YANKEE" No. 30 The handle is a different shape, it may
have one or two shifters on opposite sides of barrel and the chuck may be spring-loaded or may have an external lever release.z
FOREST CITY SCREWDRIVER CO. /
PAT APRIL 16, 1895
The
maker marks on this tool usually appear around the upper and lower ends of the
shifter barrel inside a zig-zag band.
·MALLETT & CO. / AUGUSTA MAINE
There may be no maker marks on this tool.
FURBISH & HAMLEN, AUGUSTA,
ME. / M'F'R'S OF THE MAINE SCREWDRIVER" THE MAINE SCREWDRIVER:OREST CITY SCREWDRIVER CO. / PAT APRIL 16, 1895:
There may be no maker marks on this tool.
FOREST CITY SCREWDRIVER CO.\
This automatic drill probably looks very similar to the
NORTH BROTHERS MANUFACTURING CO. (YANKEE) No. 40.
S. F. BOWSER & CO./
PAT. APPD. / FT. WAYNE, IND.:
There are four different
models which bear inscriptions similar to this. I am
particularly interested the model which has a single spiral (clockwise only).
This is similar to the
other Decatur Coffin Co. screwdrivers but utilizes a socket/chuck for
interchangeable screwdriver tips(clockwise only).
H. MUELLER MFG. CO.
/ DECATUR, ILL. / PAT. . JULY 30, 1889:
Most H. Mueller spiral screwdrivers which you will see
follow closely the basic conventional patterns of other makers and do not
resemble the patent illustration at all. This illustration is of an earlier model in the style of an Archimedian drill which does resemble the patent
(exposed shaft with sliding handle which houses the clutch mechanism).
THE L. S. STARRETT CO./ ATHOL, MASS. U.S.A./ NO. 801 / PAT. APPLIED FOR:
There are two models of
this screwdriver - with a return spring and without a return spring.
Single spiral, RH only, replaceable tip, rosewood handle.
·PAT APR 16-1889 /
PAT APP'D FOR:
This
may be the only marking or may have other markings related to Gilbert T. Sutterly, Philadelphia.
·PAT APR 16-1889 / PAT APP'D FOR:
This is another form of the Sutterly
patent above. This may be the only marking or may have other markings related
to Gilbert T. Sutterly, Philadelphia.
UNIVERSAL TOOL CO. / GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. / UTCO. /
PATD. DEC. 13, 1892 / PAT APD FOR.
