| US Patent: 907,464 
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| Tension Device for Shears | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | John J. Conway (exact or similar names) - Bridgeport, CT |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Aug. 17, 1908 |  
| Granted: | Dec. 22, 1908 |  
 
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| Description: |  | A spring with means for adjusting the tension holds the pivot pin for the shears. 
A known example has the patent date on the spring, and bears advertising for Dr. George R. Miller's radio station KGBZ at York, Nebraska. Dr. Miller sold livestock remedies and farm supplies in the 1920s using this pioneer radio station. |  |