Saddle-Tree Fork. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Saddle-Tree Fork.

Creator

  • Inventor: Mittendorf, Gustav Adolph
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Mittendorf, G.A., of New Braunfels, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Miller, Henry N.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Appmann, George
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization
  • Witness: Grube, Otto R.
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1880-02-17
  • Acceptance Date: 1880-02-17
  • Submission Date: 1879-11-06

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved saddle-tree fork. This design "strengthen[s] the iron fork by means of a bent wooden part" (lines 14-15). It also utilizes ribs running into and through the neck cavity, which strengthens the neck of the saddle, as when bearing the strain of a lasso.
  • Physical Description: [2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • Keyword: saddles
  • Keyword: saddle trees
  • Keyword: saddle tree forks

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Comal County - New Braunfels

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: 224709
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth169961

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,709, dated February 17, 1880. Application filed November 6, 1879."
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