Stalk and Clod Cutter. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Stalk and Clod Cutter.

Creator

  • Inventor: Farley, John C.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Farley, J.C., of Hearne, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Knight, Octavius
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Knight, Harry E.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1885-12-15
  • Acceptance Date: 1885-12-15
  • Submission Date: 1885-04-18

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved stalk cutter. This design "consist[s] of . . . any desirable number of cutting-wheels constructed with heavy spherical hubs of cast metal and spokes carrying at their extremities horizontal knives. The said cutting-wheels are mounted . . . on a horizontal shaft provided with a longitudinal key-slot from end to end, so that the cutting-wheels may be adjusted in the desired positions thereon, the said shaft turning in boxes at the rear ends of a pair of longitudinal beams secured in front to an axle provided with two carrying-wheels and a driver's seat" (lines 9-21).
  • Physical Description: [2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • Keyword: stalk cutters
  • Keyword: stalk choppers

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Robertson County - Hearne

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: 332601
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth171156

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,601, dated December 15, 1885. Application filed April 18, 1885. Serial No. 162,699. (No model.)"
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