Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a device that efficiently stretches wires for fence-strands.
Date: July 14, 1896
Creator: Folk, David H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier. (open access)

Trace Carrier.

Patent for a new and improved trace-carrier. This design consists "of a frame having a bar extending thereacross with integral arms at right angles thereto, having outwardly turned sharpened ends to form a means of attachment, and a carrier proper depending from said frame and consisting of an elongated loop and an upper eye having the juncture of the two extended inward to form a projection to narrow the opening between said loop and eye, the parts of said carrier proper being of integral rigid structure" (lines 78-88).
Date: July 12, 1892
Creator: Miller, Amanuel M.
System: The Portal to Texas History