Swinging Gate. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Swinging Gate.

Creator

  • Inventor: Sipe, Henry
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Sipe, H., of Cleburne, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Moody, W. J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Whittenburg, D. G.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1888-04-10
  • Acceptance Date: 1888-04-10
  • Submission Date: 1888-01-12

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved swinging gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the main posts . . . [one] having the shallow recesses therein, of hinges, slotted batten, bell-crank lever connected with the upper hinge-bolt, and with a pin in the slot in the batten, spring, gravity-catch, gate, and roller" (lines 29-35).
  • Physical Description: [2], 1 p. : 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 - Johnson County - Cleburne

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: 380772
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth171743

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,772, dated April 10, 1888. Application filed January 12, 1888. Serial No. 260,540 (No model.)"
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