Baling Press. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Baling Press.

Creator

  • Inventor: Weddle, Henry
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Weddle, H., of Sherman, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Woods, J. D.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Woods, Zalman J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Woods, Zal. J.
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1887-12-13
  • Acceptance Date: 1887-12-13
  • Submission Date: 1887-07-21

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "a box having its upper end open and having an outwardly-opening door at the lower portion of one side, a plunger in the box having a post provided with a braced cross-piece near the upper end, ropes secured to the ends of the cross-piece, a drum under the lower end of the box, having a helical pulley at one end and a small drum at the other end, and having the ropes secured to it and winding upon it, a rope passing over guide-pulleys above the upper end of the box and winding upon the small drum" (lines 16-28).
  • 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 - Processing and Storage
  • Keyword: presses
  • Keyword: baling
  • Keyword: baling-presses

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

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

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: 374857
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth171682

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,857, dated December 13, 1887. Application filed July 21, 1887. Serial No. 244,881 (No model.)"
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