Metal-Banding or Bale-Wiring Tool. (open access)

Metal-Banding or Bale-Wiring Tool.

Patent for an improved "banding or bale wiring tool, especially adapted to be inserted in between the bars of a bailing press, to grasp and cut the wire, after said wire has been firmly drawn around the bale, and twist the two ends of the wire together to form a tie" (lines 20-25).
Date: August 15, 1893
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History