US Patent: 632,152 
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| Tire Tightener
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	        Patentee:
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 | William Schau (exact or similar names) - Sheffield, Colbert County, AL |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Sep. 22, 1898 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Aug. 29, 1899 | 
 
 
 
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                        Joel Havens "Vintage Machinery" entry for Burtt Mfg. Co. 
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        Description: |  
| Claim: 
In a tire-tightener the combination of suitable side pieces with means of clamping them to a wheel; a pair of oppositely-situated levers on each side piece, links connecting the upper ends of each pair of levers together; eccentric connections between said links and levers, operating-levers to actuate said eccentrics; oppositely-situated jaws secured to the pairs of levers with means of clamping them on the tire so that it may be upset and tightened by the levers. |  
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