Gate. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Gate.

Creator

  • Inventor: Davis, Richard I.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Davis, R.I., of Sandusky, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Dixon, R. R.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Randolph, Thomas W.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Randolph, Thos. W.
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1885-03-17
  • Acceptance Date: 1885-03-17
  • Submission Date: 1884-05-12

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a gate, one of the rails whereof is about thrice as thick as the remainder of said rails, and is provided with a central groove along its upper face, of three supporting-posts, each having a recess furnished with a roller in its lower part, upon which the aforesaid rail may travel, a tongue projecting from the upper edge of said recess into the groove of said rail, and an upright attached to the central post, so as to form a guide retaining the gate in an erect position" (lines 47-57).
  • Physical Description: [2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • Keyword: gates
  • Keyword: fences

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Grayson County - Sandusky

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: 313855
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth170921

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,855, dated March 17, 1885. Application filed May 12, 1884. (No model.)"
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