[sdiy] hardware preference

[Dave Manley]

David Brown wrote:
> Fahnestock clips by far would be more flexible and less expensive.  
> They also serve as test for your age if you even know what a 
> fahnestock clip is.
Obscure connector history follows ;-)

Inventor: Archer Pleasant Fahnestock, aka A.P. Fahnestock or Archie 
Fahnestock, 1921 grad Cornell, Mechanical Engineering.

Patents:
1622632, Filed June 6, 1923 - the orignal filed 2 years out of college
1585840, Filed June 6, 1923 - a variation
1622631, Filed Oct 27, 1923 - reminiscent of the quick wiring option on 
the back of US electrical outlets.
1690220, Filed May 13, 1926 - refers to "Fahnestock clip" by name.
1706659, Filed Aug 9, 1924

Images:
http://www.sonic.net/~dlmanley/Fahnestock_pat1622632.GIF
http://www.sonic.net/~dlmanley/Fahnestock_pat1622631.GIF
http://www.sonic.net/~dlmanley/Fahnestock_pat1585840.GIF
http://www.sonic.net/~dlmanley/Fahnestock_pat1690220.GIF
http://www.sonic.net/~dlmanley/Fahnestock_pat1706659.GIF

Apparently, Archie liked to cut and bend metal.  You've gotta wonder how 
many of these things have been made over the years.  Based on addresses 
in the patents, it was enough to move Archie from Queens to out farther 
on Long Island to "The Archways", Plandome Manor.

Next on the sdiy hit parade, we'll look into the efforts of one George 
A. Tinnerman of Rocky River, Ohio. Patent 1971881.  Important patent for 
all you banana fans. ;-)

-Dave