| US Patent: 554,765 
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| Wire Stretcher Combined Wire-Stetcher, Splicer, Cutter and Staple-Puller
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Robert C. Bolon (exact or similar names) - Lineville, IA |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jun. 04, 1895 |  
| Granted: | Feb. 18, 1896 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Robert C. Bolon patent Febr. 18, 1896 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The device has a hook to engage a post and can also be used between posts to pull wire ends together for splicing. 
Bolon displayed his wire stretcher at the 1896 Iowa State Fair. A subsequent refinement (pat. no. 642,074 granted Jan. 30, 1900) appears as a tool marked R.C. BOLON PAT'D. |  |