Horse Hay Rake. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Horse Hay Rake.

Creator

  • Inventor: Milam, Moses L.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Milam, M. L., of Caddo Mills, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Sherill, A. K.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Cone, W. C.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1888-08-07
  • Acceptance Date: 1888-08-07
  • Submission Date: 1888-02-18

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved axle for hay rakes. This design consists in "[t]he rake-head comprising the middle section and end sections, and the links having their opposite ends pivoted, respectively, to the front and rear side at the outer ends of the [one] section and the inner ends of the [other] sections" (lines 19-24).
  • 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: hay-rakes
  • Keyword: axles

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Hunt County - Caddo Mills

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: 387530
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth171819

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,530, dated August 7, 1888. Application filed February 18, 1888. Serial No. 264,478 (No model.)"
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