US Patent: 154,848
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Carpet-Stretchers
Excelsior Carpet Stretcher
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Patentee:
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| William H. Curtis (exact or similar names) - Buchanan, MI |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Jun. 17, 1874 |
| Granted: |
Sep. 08, 1874 |
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William H. Curtis patent September 8, 1874 |
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Description: |
| Carpet stretcher comprised of a bar with hooks and loop wires, an anchor bar with successive stops for leverage, and a lever handle with a hook for the loop wires and a spur for the fulcrum.
An 1875 Excelsior Mfg. Co., Buchanan, MI ad (1875 MICHIGAN State Gazetteer & Business Directory) shows a wood lever handle as shown in the patent drawing.
A January 1876 ad with a Chicago address shows the lever handle in malleable iron with a tack hammer head and tack claw at the end. The set was sold as the EXCELSIOR CARPET STRETCHER and TACK HAMMER COMBINED for many years. Most of these malleable iron tack hammers have separated from the other components. A complete set in the original box was written up by Tim Bonelli in the Dec. 2009 M.W.T.C.A. GRISTMILL (pg. 11). |
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