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Well Bucket.

Patent for a new and improved well-bucket. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the well-bucket, having the rabbeted opening in its bottom, and provided with the apertured cross-bars of the valve-rod passing through the apertures in said cross-bars and the opening in the bottom of the bucket, and the valve secured to the lower end of said rod" (lines 56-62).

Date: June 10, 1884

Creator: Foat, Robert H.

Well-Drilling Machine

Patent for well drilling machine.

Date: April 21, 1903

Creator: Lewis, John R.

Whiffletree

Patent for a whiffletree. This invention is "contemplated to construct doubletrees or swingletrees of peculiar form and provided with peculiar connecting parts to secure the same together" (line 13-16). Illustration included.

Date: February 5, 1907

Creator: Burton, Robert Redmon

Wire Basket.

Patent for a new and improved wire basket. This design "consists in a certain combination, arrangement, and connection of a series of wires, whereby great strength is attained, the same including upper and lower hoop wires, upright or straight wires arranged to connect said hoops and wire frame bottom, and reversely-arranged diagonal wires or braces also connecting the top and bottom hoops, and twisted or wrapped around the upright wires intermediately of their length" (lines 13-22).

Date: October 16, 1883

Creator: Moore, William J.

Wire Clothes-Pin.

Patent for a device which utilizes a spring to assist with the clamping of textiles.

Date: July 28, 1914

Creator: Buckley, John L. & Coin, James W.

Wire Fence.

Patent for a new and improved wire fence. This design "relates to wire fencing; and it consists in the construction and combination of devices . . . whereby the wire cables can be conveniently and freely supported at suitable points by spirally-coiled suspension-loops attached to certain fence-posts, so that while securely braced to remain in position the wire cable will not be subjected to chafing or other injury" (lines 8-17).

Date: March 11, 1890

Creator: Moran, Horace S.

Wire Working Tool

Patent for a wire working tool. Includes illustrations.

Date: September 13, 1904

Creator: Tate, Newton J. & Coulter, Thomas Harris

Wireworking-Tool.

Patent for improvements to wireworking tools which are "especially designed for twisting the opposite ends of a tie-wire to a runner-wire of a fence and also for twisting the intermediate portion of the tie-wire, so as to tighten the embrace of the latter upon the fence-post. It is furthermore designed to provide means for supporting or bracing the tool upon the post during the twisting operation thereof, and, finally, to arrange the handle of the tool so as to provide a convenient and effectiv… more

Date: February 12, 1901

Creator: Tate, Newton J.