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North Brothers Manufacturing Co.
Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
169,327 Nov. 02, 1875 Improvement in fluting-machines Hermann Albrecht Philadelphia, PA
192,632 Jul. 03, 1877 Improvement in clamping devices for fluting-machines Hermann Albrecht Philadelphia, PA
RE9,127 Mar. 23, 1880 Fluting-machine Hermann Albrecht Philadelphia, PA
296,501 Apr. 08, 1884 Ice-chipping tool Hermann Albrecht Philadelphia, PA
495,925 Apr. 18, 1893 Egg-beater Antonius C. Albrecht Philadelphia, PA Of interest because North Brothers also made hand tools and benchtop drill presses.
537,681 Apr. 16, 1895 Ratchet for screw drivers or drills Zachry T. Furbish Augusta, ME Information taken from Clifford D. Fales' database at http://cfales.sos4net.com/articles/Forest%20City-Roots-Yankee/Furbish-ForestCity1.htm
This patent date appears on practically all of North Brothers spiral and ratchet products but was not assigned to North Brothers at the time of the patent grant.
Marked, "FOREST CITY SCREWDRIVER CO. / PAT APR 16 1895 "YANKEE / NO. 30 / NORTH BROTHERS MFG CO./ PHILA. PA. U.S.A. / PAT. APR 16, 1895"
548,083 Oct. 15, 1895 Gearing for ice-cream freezers Selden G. North Philadelphia, PA Of interest because North Brothers also made hand tools and benchtop drill presses.
593,157 Nov. 02, 1897 Ratchet mechanism Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA Information taken from Clifford D. Fales' database at http://www.idcomm.com/personal/cfales/intro.htm
The second of many Furbish patents assigned to North Brothers. This patent covers multiple features (ratchet screwdriver, spiral screwdriver, spiral screwdriver/drill, continuous rotary motion from double reciprocating motion, spiral screwdriver with ratchet screwdriver.
Marked, "YANKEE / NORTH BROS. MFG. CO. / Philadelphia, PA. U.S.A. / PATENTED / NOV. 2, 1897"
This is the ratchet patent used on many early North Brothers archimedean drill and drivers, such as Models 30, 50, 40, and 41.
597,766 Jan. 25, 1898 Ratchet-tool Zachry T. Furbish Portland, ME
609,322 Aug. 16, 1898 Dasher for ice-cream freezers Christian Aichele Philadelphia, PA Of interest because North Brothers also made hand tools and benchtop drill presses.
632,560 Sep. 05, 1899 Chuck Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
659,521 Oct. 09, 1900 Ratchet mechanism Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
659,522 Oct. 09, 1900 Apparatus for Making Ribbed Sleeves or Wheels Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
659,523 Oct. 09, 1900 Tool-Handle Fastening Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
666,508 Jan. 22, 1901 Ratchet mechanism Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
666,509 Jan. 22, 1901 Reducing-Chuck Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
666,510 Jan. 22, 1901 Magazine Screw-Driver and Tool-Holder Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA Sold by North Brothers as the "Yankee" #60 Magazine Pocket Screw-Driver .
666,507 Jan. 22, 1901 Chuck Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
666,511 Jan. 22, 1901 Supplementary Drill Chuck Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
666,512 Jan. 22, 1901 Ratchet-Tool Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
676,742 Jun. 18, 1901 Chuck Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
685,677 Oct. 29, 1901 Ball-Chuck Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
685,678 Oct. 29, 1901 Magazine spring drill Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA This patent is for the handle magazine as used on the North Brothers #40 and #41 drills.
693,256 Feb. 11, 1902 Chuck Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
701,195 May. 27, 1902 Means of Securing Handles or Rests to Tools Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
719,782 Feb. 03, 1903 Pliers Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
719,783 Feb. 03, 1903 Calipers Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
726,669 Apr. 28, 1903 Drive-chain Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA Of interest because North Brothers also made hand tools and benchtop drill presses.
750,182 Jan. 19, 1904 Reversible Screw-Driver Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
750,183 Jan. 19, 1904 Ratchet-Tool Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
791,766 Jun. 06, 1905 Push screw-driver or drill Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
791,895 Jun. 06, 1905 Ratchet-tool Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
791,767 Jun. 06, 1905 Push-drill Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA This patent takes the the #40 and 41 Yankee drill and adds a spring tension adjustment to become a #44.
814,529 Mar. 06, 1906 Push-drill Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA Further refinement of patent 791,767. The patent pictures the top lid hinging off but I do not think that was ever used. The 1912 North Brothers catalog shows the #44 with the open magazine facing the chuck so when inserting a new bit the magazine isn't dumping its contents into your hand.
814,528 Mar. 06, 1906 Ratchet-Tool Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
819,536 May. 01, 1906 Shifter-lock for pawl-and-ratchet tools Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
819,494 May. 01, 1906 Clamp for the cross-bars of ice-cream freezers Christian Aichele Philadelphia, PA Of interest because North Brothers also made hand tools and benchtop drill presses.
834,198 Oct. 23, 1906 Ice-cream freezer Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA Of interest because North Brothers also made hand tools and benchtop drill presses.
842,107 Jan. 22, 1907 Removable-Blade Screw-Driver Selden G. North Philadelphia, PA The invention is for a replaceable blade screwdriver with blade storage in the handle. The blade storage is mentioned in the Patent but is covered by a different Patent Interestingly the Patent for the blade storage 858131 by Henry J. Aichele was filled on the same date as North's Patent but wasn't granted till six months later.Sold by North Brothers as the #65, came with 4 removable bits and storage in the handle.Sample marked ,'North Brothers MFG.Co. PHILA. PA. U.S.A. PAT.NOV.2,97-JAN.27,01 PAT.JAN.22,1907. The 1897 Patent593157 and the 1901 Patent 666507 both by Zachery Furbish.

See Patents 858131 and 902387 for further information on this tool.
858,131 Jun. 25, 1907 Cap for Magazine Tools Henry J. Aichele Philadelphia, PA Removable cap with a retainer that projects enough when the handle is inverted to allow it to be removed by hand.
This Patent for the blade storage was filled on the same date as Selden North's Patent 842107 for a removable blade screwdriver but wasn't granted till six months later.Sold by North Brothers as the #65, came with 4 removable bits and storage in the handle.Sample marked ,'North Brothers MFG.Co. PHILA. PA. U.S.A. PAT.NOV.2,97-JAN.27,01 PAT.JAN.22,1907.
See also Patent 902387 for this tools development.
864,633 Aug. 27, 1907 Screw holder for drivers Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA North Brothers No. 15. One of these appeared in a Martin Donnelly auction. This is Fegley's third patent on this date. 864,631 and 864,632 are related to an ice cream freezer.
    Screw holder for drivers George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
864,631 Aug. 27, 1907 Ice-cream-freezer can Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA Of interest because North Brothers also made hand tools and benchtop drill presses.
864,632 Aug. 27, 1907 Ice-cream freezer Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA Of interest because North Brothers also made hand tools and benchtop drill presses.
882,937 Mar. 24, 1908 Screw-eye driver Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA This Patent was used in the 'Yankee' #80 and #81,ratcheting screw eye driver and also as a bit for use in the #20 and #30 ratcheting drivers. Sample observed is marked, 'PAT.APPED.FOR, on the screw eye holder and on the driver body,"Yankee" #81, North Brothers MFG. Co., Phila.PA. U.S.A., Pat. Nov. 2,97-May 1,06.Those two patents refer to the Ratchet mechanisms,593157 &819536
882,936 Mar. 24, 1908 Ice-cream freezer Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA Of interest because North Brothers also made hand tools and benchtop drill presses.
894,673 Jul. 28, 1908 Ratchet mechanism George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
902,387 Oct. 27, 1908 Detachable-blade screw-driver Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA An improvement on Selden North's Patent 842107.By adding a spring in the blade track of the handle , the replaceable blade is held securely in place,Norths approach to the problem was to slightly bend the prongs of the replaceable blade, thus keeping it in place by friction.Sample marked ,'North Brothers MFG.Co. PHILA. PA. U.S.A. PAT.NOV.2,97-JAN.27,01 PAT.JAN.22,1907.
See Patents 858131 and 842107 for further information on this tool.
902,957 Nov. 03, 1908 Locking mechanism for ratchet screw-drivers Zachry T. Furbish Philadelphia, PA
906,902 Dec. 15, 1908 Speed-change gear George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA The competition heats up as North Brothers enters the 20th century with novel approaches to the breast drill. The mechanisms on the North Bros. breast drills are still considered the best by many.
908,872 Jan. 05, 1909 Ball bearing George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
914,174 Mar. 02, 1909 Screw-holder for screw-drivers Selden G. North Philadelphia, PA
917,319 Apr. 06, 1909 Breast-drill George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
917,033 Apr. 06, 1909 Chuck Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
939,042 Nov. 02, 1909 Gearing George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA George is back with more great ideas about breast drill gearing.
948,850 Feb. 08, 1910 Chuck Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
952,320 Mar. 15, 1910 Chuck Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA Used in the "Yankee" series of eggbeater hand drills. The jaws are kept spread apart by springs which are hidden from interference by bits or other objects pushed blindly into the chuck. The chuck is tightened by rotating the shell so that the threaded spindle proceeds inward along the chuck centerline. The attorneys were Howson & Howson, which firm exists to the present day.
968,372 Aug. 23, 1910 Ball-bearing George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
977,957 Dec. 06, 1910 Ratchet Mechanism for Screw-Drivers, &c. George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
979,939 Dec. 27, 1910 Spiral tool-driver Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA The patent drawing shows the #75 Yankee "push brace". Fegley and Leopold's goal was to make a drill to be "....used in places difficult in access but which can be reached by a comparatively long tool, such as in car work, cabinet work, etc....." They also positioned the ratchet selector at the top where the operators hands were. And they installed a heavier, three jaw chuck. In the 1912 catalog they explained why they called this tool a brace. "It excels a bit brace in its greater rapidity and convenience in the lighter work ordinarily done by brace."
    Spiral tool-driver George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
982,510 Jan. 24, 1911 Ratchet mechanism George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA George makes a ratchet mechanism for North Brothers drills.
1,008,164 Nov. 07, 1911 Screw-Driver George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
1,015,235 Jan. 16, 1912 Gearing George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA This patent is for a speed change device which also serves as a spindle lock when changing bits.
1,021,538 Mar. 26, 1912 Gearing George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA The same goal as Leopold's patent 1,015,235. It may be that the orientation of the shifter on the drill is different.
1,022,311 Apr. 02, 1912 Spiral Screw-Driver and Drill Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
1,023,023 Apr. 09, 1912 Gearing George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA The #50 drill is shown in the drawings. This patent is for a device that will lock the shaft at any point for the removal and insertion of bits. The #50 I own will not do that. The only patent date on that one is the 1897 patent.
1,033,712 Jul. 23, 1912 Chain Drill George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA Improved, inexpensive feeding mechanism that allows the slack of the chain to be taken up by turning the spindle until sufficient pressure is exerted to engage the ratchet mechanism.
1,034,258 Jul. 30, 1912 Chain Drill George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
1,041,451 Oct. 15, 1912 Means for attaching blades of tools to handles George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
    Means for attaching blades of tools to handles Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA  
D43,803 Apr. 01, 1913 Design for a frame of bench-drills George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
1,059,132 Apr. 15, 1913 Means For attaching handles to tools Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA Utility drills like this one benefit greatly from means to store and protect the bits used to bore holes. A further benefit is the ability of the manufacturer to ship the drill in a smaller, less expensive box made possible by the break-down feature of this handle. The patent attorneys were Howson & Howson, which firm exists to this day.
    Means For attaching handles to tools George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,060,467 Apr. 29, 1913 Chain Drill George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
D44,573 Aug. 26, 1913 Design for a Screw-Driver George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
1,087,794 Feb. 17, 1914 Bench-drill George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA Seen on a model 1005 bench drill from North Bros.
1,103,782 Jul. 14, 1914 Bench-drill George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA Seen on a model 1005 bench drill from North Bros.
1,103,783 Jul. 14, 1914 Drill George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA Seen on a model 1005 bench drill from North Bros.
1,103,784 Jul. 14, 1914 Change-speed mechanism George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA Seen on a model 1005 bench drill from North Bros.
1,120,466 Dec. 08, 1914 Vise Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Vise George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,132,320 Mar. 16, 1915 Vise Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA Vise is designed to be used as either a bench vise or used as a clamp on a machine tool such as a drill. Utilizes a broad bearing surface and can be turned and locked one in position.
Applied to the Yankee No. 1992 which also carried their later patent 1144828.
    Vise George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,132,319 Mar. 16, 1915 Tap Wrench Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
1,138,465 May. 04, 1915 Chuck Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA One of these appeared in a Martin J. Donnelly auction
    Chuck George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,144,828 Jun. 29, 1915 Vise Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA Improvement to their earlier patent 1,132,320 to make the vise more substantial than other vises of its type on the market and a redesign of the parts to simplify and ease assembly.
Applied to the Yankee No. 1992.
    Vise George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,163,072 Dec. 07, 1915 Ratchet drill Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Ratchet drill George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,169,657 Jan. 25, 1916 Drill George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
1,209,571 Dec. 19, 1916 Pattern Cutter Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Pattern Cutter George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,209,572 Dec. 19, 1916 Chuck Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
1,236,848 Aug. 14, 1917 Clutch mechanism George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA Rather delicate-looking shift mechanism for the North Bros. line of non-ratchet two-speed hand drills. This is _not_ the five-speed mechanism for the large breast drills, which added a ratchet to their speed selectors. Instead, it is an alternative mechanism used with the 1445 drills. US Patent No. 1,015,235 was the second alternative, the one actually applied to the two speed, non-ratchet 1445 drills.
1,268,559 Jun. 04, 1918 Vise George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
    Vise Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA  
1,269,271 Jun. 11, 1918 Vise George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
    Vise Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA  
1,286,360 Dec. 03, 1918 Ratchet Mechanism George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
1,288,858 Dec. 24, 1918 Shears Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Shears George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,330,111 Feb. 10, 1920 Chuck Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA This patent date is on No. 40 and other push drills. Also listed on a No. 40 are the dates November 2, 1897 (593,157) and January 25, 1898 (597,766)
1,343,079 Jun. 08, 1920 Shears Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA Example marked Yankee #2000 with the patent date
    Shears George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,343,732 Jun. 15, 1920 Lifting jack George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
1,395,123 Oct. 25, 1921 Lifting jack George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
1,415,822 May. 09, 1922 Screw driver Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Screw driver Walter S. Snyder Philadelphia, PA  
1,424,456 Aug. 01, 1922 Screw driver Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Screw driver Walter S. Snyder Philadelphia, PA  
1,434,128 Oct. 31, 1922 Socket wrench George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
1,460,201 Jun. 26, 1923 Spiral tool George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
1,469,662 Oct. 02, 1923 Socket Wrench George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
1,473,423 Nov. 06, 1923 Hand brace George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
    Hand brace Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA  
1,473,436 Nov. 06, 1923 Handle for Socket Wrenches George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
1,477,337 Dec. 11, 1923 Spiral tool Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA The Patent relates to the simple means of securing the locking mechanism to the casing. Earlier models only used a screw this Patent uses a slot and projecting key as well as a screw to secure everything.Used on the #'s 30A,31A,35,130A, 131A and 135.
    Spiral tool George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,493,353 May. 06, 1924 Ratchet Tool George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
1,516,443 Nov. 18, 1924 Push screw driver George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
1,523,187 Jan. 13, 1925 Ratchet mechanism George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA Basis of Yankee brace.
    Ratchet mechanism Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA  
1,531,086 Mar. 24, 1925 Spiral tool Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Spiral tool George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,563,178 Nov. 24, 1925 Ratchet tool Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Ratchet tool George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,617,998 Feb. 15, 1927 Chuck Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA Yankee brace.
1,653,762 Dec. 27, 1927 Chuck Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Chuck George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,661,935 Mar. 06, 1928 Chuck for extension bits George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA Basis of Yankee brace.
    Chuck for extension bits Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA  
1,675,171 Jun. 26, 1928 Display tool holder Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Display tool holder George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,679,299 Jul. 31, 1928 Chuck George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA Basis of Yankee brace.
    Chuck Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA  
1,681,107 Aug. 14, 1928 Display tool holder Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Display tool holder George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,693,437 Nov. 27, 1928 Valve grinder Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Valve grinder George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
D81,365 Jun. 10, 1930 Design for a portable power-driven saw frame George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
    Design for a portable power-driven saw frame Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA  
1,805,330 May. 12, 1931 Extension bit Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Extension bit George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,806,528 May. 19, 1931 Portable power-driven saw George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
    Portable power-driven saw Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA  
1,821,841 Sep. 01, 1931 Spiral screw driver George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA
D86,599 Mar. 29, 1932 Design for an Ice Cube Breaker Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA Example seen on ebay
    Design for an Ice Cube Breaker George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
D87,388 Jul. 19, 1932 Design for a Christmas Tree Holder Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA One of these appeared on ebay marked "Yankee" No 5A with this patent number and 1,900,807
    Design for a Christmas Tree Holder George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,900,807 Mar. 07, 1933 Christmas tree holder Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA One of these appeared on ebay marked "Yankee" No 5A with this patent number and 87388
    Christmas tree holder George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,904,679 Apr. 18, 1933 Push drill Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA They were trying to make a shorter drill for inclusion in tool sets.
    Push drill George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,915,220 Jun. 20, 1933 Ice cream freezer Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Ice cream freezer George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,935,023 Nov. 14, 1933 Beverage cooler Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
1,937,645 Dec. 05, 1933 Push Drill Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Push Drill Jenkinton Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
    Push Drill George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
D91,863 Apr. 03, 1934 Design for a beverage cooler Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA Of interest because North Brothers also made hand tools and benchtop drill presses.
1,978,299 Oct. 23, 1934 Tray for supporting an ice cube breaker and ice cream freezer Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Tray for supporting an ice cube breaker and ice cream freezer George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
1,980,952 Nov. 13, 1934 Machine for breaking cubes of ice Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA North Brother's Lightning ice cube breaker #104
    Machine for breaking cubes of ice George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
2,008,352 Jul. 16, 1935 coupling device for impact tips Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    coupling device for impact tips George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
2,056,097 Sep. 29, 1936 Ice cracker for tumblers Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Ice cracker for tumblers George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
2,058,855 Oct. 27, 1936 Ratchet Screw Driver John W. Chapman Kensington, CT Ratchet screwdriver with the mechanism within the handle and the ratchet head has a screwdriver blade on each side. Sold as the Yankee 3400 by North Brothers
2,065,677 Dec. 29, 1936 Machine for breaking cubes of ice Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Machine for breaking cubes of ice George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
D103,676 Mar. 23, 1937 Design for a Screw Driver Thomas J. Fegley Jenkintown, PA Patent term is 7 years.
    Design for a Screw Driver George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
2,126,626 Aug. 09, 1938 Push drill Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA I think that this is the first of the "Handyman" tools.
    Push drill George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
2,174,461 Sep. 26, 1939 Ice breaker Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Ice breaker George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
2,195,363 Mar. 26, 1940 Ice crusher Thomas J. Fegley Philadelphia, PA
    Ice crusher George O. Leopold Philadelphia, PA  
2,550,629 Apr. 24, 1951 Strut means for adjustable angle vises Albert Weiz Philadelphia, PA This vise patent covers the 399x series of adjustable tilting vises plus the 499x series of swivel-base tilting vises (which consisted of the 399x vise on a 199x swivel base).