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Yankee
Braces - A Type Study of Sorts
by
George Langford
February
17, 2007 - Revised September 5, 2008
Group
H - Two twelve-inch swing 2101-12 IN braces made for the Bell
System
by
the North Bros. Division of Stanley Tools.
These two braces are closely alike, except that the one at upper right has a cracked wrist as shown in the image to the right of this panel. They each have chucks simply marked "Yankee" and the first two patent dates stamped into the knurled bottom enclosure ring of the ratchet mechanism. That means they were manufactured in the short period between January 13 and November 25 in the year 1925, before the application for the third patent was filed. They are therefore of earlier manufacture than the braces with all four patents cited. |
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Both
braces are fully and smoothly functional and original. |
Upper
image is the pad of the brace at top right. |
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