The Padlock Patent Archive

Three centuries of keeping things shut

Patented April 22, 1879

If an object in your hands says PAT. APRIL 22, 1879, it may be one of these.

PatentTitleInventorOf
US 214,736IMPROVEMENT IN PADLOCKSTheodor Heinrich WichertLancaster, Pennsylvania
US 214,740IMPROVEMENT IN PADLOCKSWilliam P. Wirth and Theodor Heinrich WichertLancaster, Pennsylvania

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