Wire Stretcher. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Wire Stretcher.

Creator

  • Inventor: Irvine, John B.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Irvine, J.B., of Sherman, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Willson, J. A.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Hedrick, Julian
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Patent Office.
    Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

  • Creation: 1885-04-21
  • Acceptance Date: 1885-04-21
  • Submission Date: 1884-07-11

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design "relates to that class of wire stretchers or tighteners which are adapted to be applied upon the strands of wire forming a fence, and are used to tighten or stretch the same by winding the strand about one end of the device and engaging the other end of the latter with the strand" ( lines 11-17).
  • Physical Description: [2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • Keyword: wires
  • Keyword: wire stretchers
  • Keyword: fences
  • Keyword: fencing

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Grayson County - Sherman

Collection

  • Name: Texas Patents
    Code: TXPT

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Patent

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Patent Number: 316039
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth170951

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,039, dated April 21, 1885. Application filed July 11, 1884. (No model.)"
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