Patent Model - Improvement in Tobacco-Hooks
Maker and role
Thomas Wood Jr., Patentee
Cecilia White, Assignee
Production date
Jul 22 1879
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Steel
Measurements
16 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 1 1/2" (41.3 x 41.3 x 3.8cm)
Description
Wood's patent consists of a "hook that when suspended from a lath or other equivalent support a tobacco-plant suspended by it (the hook) will tend to draw the hook-points together, and thus prevent the hook from losing its hold by the plant shrinking away from the points while curing." (Patent Number 217,719)
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Object number
2015.14.2941
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