Knife-Sharpener. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Knife-Sharpener.
  • Added Title Knife Sharpener.

Creator

  • Inventor: Kirlin, Wiliam B.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: William B. Kirlin, of San Benito, Texas.

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Patent Office.
    Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

  • Creation: 1918-02-05
  • Acceptance Date: 1918-02-05
  • Submission Date: 1916-12-05

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for improvements in knife-sharpeners that can be clamped onto a table or similar object, including an illustration. The device has also been "adapted for use in connection with a pair of bits or cutters having convex cutting edges disposed in confronting relation, the bits or cutters being capable of adjustment to present new portions of the respective cutting edges for effective work as the occasion requires" (lines 17-23).
  • Physical Description: [1], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • Keyword: knife sharpeners
  • Keyword: knife accesories
  • Keyword: sharpeners
  • Keyword: cutting tools

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Cameron County - San Benito

Collection

  • Name: Texas Patents
    Code: TXPT

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Patent

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Patent Number: 1255760
  • Government Documents No.: 02/135207
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1258131

Note

  • Display Note: "Application filed December 5, 1916. Serial No. 135,207."
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