Patent Model - Device for Twisting Wire for Making and Mending Wire and Picket Fences

Maker and role
Charles Hayner (b.1857, d.1906), Patentee
Charles Hayner (b.1857, d.1906), Assignee
Joseph Owens (b.Unknown, d.Unknown), Patentee
Joseph Owens (b.Unknown, d.Unknown), Assignee
Frank Bone, Assignee
 Production date
Jun 01 1886
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Media/Materials
Iron
Measurements
12 x 6 x 1 1/4" (30.5 x 15.2 x 3.2cm)
Description
Hayner and Owens' patent mends a broken wire by taking "a piece of wire and place it around a picket on each side of the breach, and fasten the ends together. Then pass the slot of the wheel over the wires at the breach, and twist the same as for twisting in a picket..." (Patent Number 342,960)
Collection
Rothschild Patent Model Collection
Object number
2015.14.3571a-c
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