Patented and Distinctive Bit Braces & Augers, a Research Study
by
George Langford, Sc.D.
Updated December 18, 2016
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Stanley
[Excepting the 2101 series Yankee braces and Spofford patent braces] The Stanley Rule & Level Co. and later just The Stanley Works were the workplaces of a number of loyal and inventive employees. Not only did the Stanley workforce come up with many lasting innovations, but the braces embodying those developments have had long and productive existences.

Patentee/
Manufacturer
Representative Images
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Examples
Found by GB

Patents
Patent Dates
Directory of American Tool & Machinery Patents: active years
Adolphe Leblanc; Charles Mitchell; Hubert Richards; Joseph Bartholomew/
The Stanley Rule & Level Co.
Ratchet apart
41, 42 711,169
758,329
813,586
822,714
October 14, 1902
April 26, 1904
February 27, 1906
June 5, 1906
1902-1906 (Leblanc)
1904-1911 (Mitchell)
1906-1912 (Richards)
1904-1909 (Bartholomew)
Charles Mitchell/
The Stanley Rule & Level Co.
Overall X-3 Ordnance Dept.
14
1,011,227December 12, 1911
Better description:
Ordnance Dept. X-3
Edmund Schade/
The Stanley Rule & Level Co.
Chuck view
4 1,188,363
June 20, 1916
1892-1927 (Edmund Schade)
Harry Parker/
The Stanley Rule & Level Co.
Chuck apart
156 1,270,754
June 25, 1918
1917 (Harry Parker)
Walter Murdoch/
The Stanley Works,
some with Fray parts
Chuck apart
118, 121, 140 1,784,380
December 9, 1930
1930 (Walter Murdoch)
Christian Bodmer; Harris Cook; Austin Stowell/
The Stanley Works
Ratchet mechanism-1
Ratchet mechanism-2
Ratchet mechanism-3
44
 
No810Stanley825.JPG
StanleyNo810brace.htm
1,562,862
1,825,936
1,880,521
1,915,245

November 24, 1925
October 6, 1931
October 4, 1932
June 20, 1933
1894-1931 (Bodmer)
1905-1934 (Cook)
1929-1949 (Stowell)
Austin Stowell; Harris Cook/
The Stanley Works
Chuck apart
105 1,880,521
1,915,245
October 4, 1932
June 20, 1933
1929-1949 (Stowell)
1905-1934 (Cook)
Austin Stowell; Harris Cook/
The Stanley Works
Chuck apart
22, 34, 35 1,880,521
1,915,245
October 4, 1932
June 20, 1933
1929-1949 (Stowell)
1905-1934 (Cook)
Harris Cook/
The Stanley Works
Chuck apart
55
1,915,245
June 20, 1933 1905-1934 (Cook)
Harris Cook/
The Stanley Works
No.929 overall
11 1,915,245 June 20, 1933 1905-1934 (Cook)
Harris Cook; Austin Stowell/
The Stanley Works
Chuck apart
13, 39 1,880,521
2,485,991
October 4, 1932
October 25, 1949
1929-1949 (Stowell)
1905-1934 (Cook)
Stanley Handyman
Stanley Handman H1253 - overall
10 Not determined
Not determined
Stanley No.929
Chuck apart
133175 Not determined Not determined
Austin Stowell/
Sogard (parts from The Stanley Works)
Chuck apart
100 1,880,521 October 4, 1932 1929-1949 (Stowell)