US Patent: 121,039 - Improvement in devices for tightening loose tires


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US Patent: 121,039

Improvement in devices for tightening loose tires

Patentee:

Hiram Beckwith (exact or similar names) - Grass Lake, MI

USPTO Classifications:

157/10, 157/9

Tool Categories:

specialty machines : metal tire apparatus : tire setters

specialty tools : metal tire repair tools : tire setters

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Frederick Eberts

Harry S. Sprague

Patent Dates:
Granted:	Nov. 21, 1871

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Description:

This invention is a jack that allows a spoke to be pulled out of its socket in the felly so that a leather washer can be inserted. As many spokes as necessary would have these washers inserted so that the wheel diameter is increased and the tire is tight.