Wire-Tightener. (open access)

Wire-Tightener.

Patent for "an improved wire-tightener especially designed for use in the tightening of wires in the construction of fences and in taking up slack after such fences have been constructed, but which instrument is also capable of use in tying packages with wire, binding planks to posts, and in other instances where it is desirable to tighten wire and secure it when so tightened." (Lines 7-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 7, 1891
Creator: Flatau, Louis S.
System: The Portal to Texas History