Wire Barbing Machine Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1880
label: patent date
content: 1880-10-05
name: label: inventor
content: Leffler, Paul W.
notes: label: Description
content: This is a patent model (US232831A) for a wire-barbing machine, patented by Paul William Leffler of Grinnell, Iowa on October 5th, 1880. This patent is for a machine that efficiently attaches four-pointed barbs to single or double strands of wire. Its main purpose is to automate and standardize the barbing process, making barbed wire faster and more consistent to produce.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Iowa, Grinnell
label: associated place
content: United States: Iowa, Grinnell
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.308832
label: catalog number
content: 308832
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 232,831
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model, barbing machine, wire
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 8 3/8 in x 4 1/8 in; 16.51 cm x 21.2725 cm x 10.4775 cm