US Patent: 609,872 
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| Bale Tie
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	        Patentee:
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 | Douglas M. Campbell (exact or similar names) - Houston, TX |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Jan. 27, 1898 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Aug. 30, 1898 | 
 
 
 
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Douglas M. Campbell patent Aug. 30, 1898  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The patent is for devices to tighten straps compressing bales (cotton?). The ratchet driver for these tightening devices is called a "key winding tool" in this patent, but receives primary focus in corresponding patent no. 630,825, where its utility as a ratchet wrench is given due notice. |  
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