Cotton Picker. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Cotton Picker.

Creator

  • Inventor: Martin, John Tillman
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Martin, J.T., of Roanoke, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Heflin, C. D.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Eads, James
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1885-08-04
  • Acceptance Date: 1885-08-04
  • Submission Date: 1884-06-20

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton picker. This design has a spring-actuating "mechanism located upon the casing, and a hood for inclosing said mechanism hinged to one of the side walls of the casing and held closed by a fastening device . . . [and] the casing thereof, the endless picker-belt, flanged drums, and the toothed disks contained within said casing . . . and a pulley and belt for winding the spring" (lines 1-12).
  • Physical Description: [2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty): agricultural equipment
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Agriculture - Farm Equipment
  • Keyword: cotton pickers

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Denton County - Roanoke

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: 323702
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth171048

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,702, dated August 4, 1885. Application filed June 20, 1884. (No model.)"
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