Patent Model - Improvement in Detachable Handles for Hoes, Rakes, &c.
Maker and role
John Howell, Patentee
Osnel Wienges, Patentee
Production date
Oct 14 1879
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Copper, iron
Measurements
7 x 2 1/2 x 5" (17.8 x 6.4 x 12.7cm)
Description
Howell and Wienges's patent furnishes "an improved handle which shall be so constructed that it may be applied to hoes, rakes, and other similar garden and farm implements, and which may be easily and quickly detached from one implement and attached to another, and when attached will hold the implement firmly and securely." (Patent Number 220,618)
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Object number
2015.14.3019a-c
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