Axle Box. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Axle Box.

Creator

  • Inventor: Hobron, Charles B.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Hobron, C. B., of Boerne, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Suner, R. D.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Reinhard, John
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Reinhard, Jno.
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1889-09-10
  • Acceptance Date: 1889-09-10
  • Submission Date: 1889-05-28

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved axle-box. This design "relates to that class of axle-boxes in which anti-friction devices are employed for enabling the wheel to revolve on the axle with as little friction and wear as possible. [The] invention consists in providing anti-friction rods or rollers arranged between the axle and the vehicle-hub, and held in place in an improved manner" (lines 8-16).
  • 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: axle-boxes
  • Keyword: axles
  • Keyword: wheels
  • Keyword: vehicle-hubs

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Kendall County - Boerne

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: 410590
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth172153

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,590, dated September 10, 1889. Application filed May 28, 1889. Serial No. 312,364. (No model.)"
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