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2. J.H. Williams Tool Group - Wikipedia

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   The business was relocated to Brooklyn in 1884 and took the name J.H. Williams & Co in 1887. The company was one of the first to offer mass-produced drop-forged hand tools. [3] A second factory was opened in Buffalo, New York in 1914, now the site of General Motors' Tonawanda Engine plant. [4] The company was acquired by Snap-on in 1993.

3. SK Hand Tools - Wikipedia

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   Theodore Rueb, an engineer for the Sherman-Klove Company, went on to develop a new mechanism for a very successful line of ratchets, scaled from 1/4-inch drive up to 3/4-inch drive. The "round-head" ratchet has remained one of the most popular ratchet styles in the nearly nine decades since S-K's first development, and many modern ratchets are ...

4. North Brothers Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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   North Bros. key acquisition was the hiring of Zachary Furbish when it purchased the Forest City Screwdriver Co in 1897. He brought with him patents related to a spiral ratchet screw driver and considerable experience in tool design. This was their foothold into the tool manufacturing industry which would later become the core of their business.

5. Easco Hand Tools - Wikipedia

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   Easco continued the Craftsman contract with Sears. By 1969, the parent company was known as Easco Corporation. [1] Tools made by MDF for Sears have a "V" maker's mark on them, those by Danaher had a "V^" (V and upside down V, sometimes a right-side up V). Variations of the "VV" exist including three digit codes on tools such as ratchets.

6. Proto (tools) - Wikipedia

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   [3] In 1946, Plomb was sued by another tool manufacturer—Fayette R. Plumb, Inc., now a brand of Apex Tool Group [4] —for trademark infringement. [5] The company began manufacturing its tools with the Proto name, a portmanteau of "professional" and "tools," in 1948. In 1957, the company began operating as Pendleton Tool Industries. [6]

7. Craftsman (tools) - Wikipedia

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   Craftsman is a line of tools, lawn and garden equipment, and work wear.Originally a house brand established by Sears, the brand is now owned by Stanley Black & Decker.. As with all Sears products, Craftsman tools were not manufactured by Sears during the company's ownership, but made under contract by various other companies.

8. New Britain Machine Company - Wikipedia

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   In 1957, Luther Kilness filed patent numbers 2,554,990 [4] and 2,981,389 [5] with the United States Patent Office. This design can be said to be the next evolution of the ratchet design of SK Hand Tools' Theodore Rueb. [2] This ratchet was a very successful design, lasting from its introduction in 1961 to the eventual closure of New Britain in ...

9. Blackhawk (tools) - Wikipedia

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   Blackhawk Manufacturing was founded in 1919 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as a subsidiary of the American Grinder Company (later named Applied Power Corporation). It made automotive tools, such as wrenches and sockets, [1] and a number of specialty tools.