Oil Can.

Oil Can. Metadata

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Title

Main Title Oil Can.

Creator

Inventor: English, Robert

Creator Type: Personal

Creator Info: English, R., of Austin, Texas.

Contributor

Witness: English, Michael

Contributor Type: Personal
Witness: Sather, August

Contributor Type: Personal
Printer: Norris Peters Co.

Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

Name: United States. Patent Office.

Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

Creation: 1884-05-06
Acceptance Date: 1884-05-06
Submission Date: 1884-01-30

Language

English

Description

Content Description: Patent for a new and improved oil can. This design "has for its object to provide a can of improved construction, whereby the liability of foreign matter in the oil will be prevented from clogging the escape-tube, and thus rendering the flow of oil impossible until the spout of the same has been freed from such obstruction" (lines 10-18).
Physical Description: [2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
Keyword: oil cans

Primary Source

Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

Place Name: United States - Texas - Travis County - Austin

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: 297977
Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth170743

Note

Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,977, dated May 6, 1884. Application filed January 30, 1884. (No model.)"