Cotton-Press. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Cotton-Press.
  • Added Title Cotton Press.

Creator

  • Inventor: Bessonette, William T.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: William T. Bessonette, of Temple, Assignor of one-half to Warren A. Patterson, of Lampasas, Texas.

Contributor

  • Assignee: Patterson, Warren A.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Assignee; Witness.
  • Witness: Duvall, W. S.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Wurdeman, E. J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness for Illustration.
  • Witness: Pierson, H. G.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness for Illustration.
  • Other: C. A. Snow & Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: Attorneys.
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: The Norris Peters Co., Photo-Litho., Washington, D. C.

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1893-02-21
  • Acceptance Date: 1893-02-21
  • Submission Date: 1892-08-06

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a simple and inexpensive cotton press that gets cotton from a gin, forms it into a soft bat, and compresses it into a bale. The operator can tie a band around the bale. It consists of a frame, rollers, and gears.
  • Physical Description: [3], 4 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 - Farming - Cotton
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Agriculture - Processing and Storage - Cotton Gins
  • Keyword: presses
  • Keyword: bales
  • Keyword: pressure

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Bell County - Temple
  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Lampasas County - Lampasas

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

  • Accession or Local Control No: 492132
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth173320

Note

  • Display Note: Application filed August 6, 1892. Serial No. 442,358. (No model.)
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