Ruffling Attachment for Sewing Machines. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Ruffling Attachment for Sewing Machines.

Creator

  • Inventor: Lauraine, Eugene G.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Lauraine, E.G., of Cuero, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Baker, W. J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Brownson, T. J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1884-07-08
  • Acceptance Date: 1884-07-08
  • Submission Date: 1883-09-13

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved ruffling attachment for sewing machines. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the flat main plate having the loop, of the ruffling-plate having its side at one end turned over parallel with its main portion, and provided with a spring tongue or plate that is inserted in the loop" (lines 59-63).
  • Physical Description: [2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • Keyword: ruffling
  • Keyword: sewing machines

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - DeWitt County - Cuero

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: 301502
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth170769

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,502, dated July 8, 1884. Application filed September 13, 1883. (No model.)"
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