Wagon Brake. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Wagon Brake.

Creator

  • Inventor: Walton, George Washington
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Walton, G. W., of Sparta, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Reed, J. P.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Wear, H. A.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1890-08-19
  • Acceptance Date: 1890-08-19
  • Submission Date: 1890-05-31

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved wagon brake. This design consists, "with the vehicle, of the rock-shaft arranged upon opposite sides of the rear wheels, the bell-crank lever fulcrumed on the body between said shaft, the rod connecting the rear shaft and one arm of said lever, the bar pivoted to the other arm of the lever and the front rock-shaft, and the operating lever provided with the integral arm arranged at an angle to the lever and connected with the front rock-shaft" (lines 92-101).
  • Physical Description: [2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • Keyword: wagons
  • Keyword: brakes
  • Keyword: wagon brakes

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Bell County - Sparta

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: 434573
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth172450

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,573, dated August 19, 1890. Application filed May 31, 1890. Serial No. 353,773. (No model.)"
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