Manufacturers Index - Grip-Torc Tools
Grip-Torc Tools
Los Gatos, California, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class:
Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery
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2,566,211
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Aug. 28, 1951
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Drive attachment for tools
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Thomas B. Keesling |
San Jose, CA |
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D170,466
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Sep. 22, 1953
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Reciprocating tool attachment for a power tool unit
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Thomas B. Keesling |
San Jose, CA |
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2,697,362
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Dec. 21, 1954
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Angle drive and bearing structure
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Thomas B. Keesling |
Los Gatos, CA |
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2,783,790
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Mar. 05, 1957
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Power operated tool attachment for electric drills and the like
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Thomas B. Keesling |
Los Gatos, CA |
This reciprocating saw attachment for an electric drill was manufactured and sold by Grip-Torc Tools, a partnership of the inventor, Thomas Bula Keesling, and C. H. Keesling. The latter man was likely Carleton Herbert Keesling (1898-1985), a first cousin of Thomas B. Keesling.
See also patent 3,016,933. |
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2,783,792
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Mar. 05, 1957
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Free ended saw blade for a power operated saw
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Thomas B. Keesling |
Los Gatos, CA |
See patent 3,016,933 for the device intended to use this sawblade. |
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2,862,773
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Dec. 02, 1958
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Bearing element
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Thomas B. Keesling |
Los Gatos, CA |
See also patent 2,697,362; the two patents came out of a single original patent application. The bearing seems to have been developed for use with the drill attachment of patents 2,783,790 and 3,016,933. |
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571,935
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Mar. 10, 1959
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Power operated saw
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Thomas B. Keesling |
San Jose, CA |
The patent covers both the sawing attachment for an electric drill, and the sawblade. |
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2,932,205
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Apr. 12, 1960
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Power operated tool attachment for electric drills and the like
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Thomas B. Keesling |
Los Gatos, CA |
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D191,539
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Oct. 10, 1961
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Angled attachment for an electric drill or the like
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Thomas B. Keesling |
San Jose, CA |
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3,016,933
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Jan. 16, 1962
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Power operated tool attachment for electric drills and the like
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Thomas B. Keesling |
Los Gatos, CA |
This reciprocating saw attachment for an electric drill was manufactured and sold by Grip-Torc Tools, a partnership of the inventor, Thomas Bula Keesling, and C. H. Keesling. The latter man was likely Carleton Herbert Keesling (1898-1985), a first cousin of Thomas B. Keesling.
See also patent 2,793,790. |
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