Combined Railway-Switch and Car-Replacing Mechanism. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Combined Railway-Switch and Car-Replacing Mechanism.
  • Added Title Combined Railway Switch and Car Replacing Mechanism.

Creator

  • Inventor: Debose, Albert S.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Albert S. Debose, of Cuero, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Davidson, A. B.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Swift, O. A.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Dieterich, Fred G., 1858-1923
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness for Illustration.
  • Witness: Ryan, Joseph A.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Jos. A. Ryan; Witness for illustration.
  • Other: Munn & 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: 1894-11-27
  • Acceptance Date: 1894-11-27
  • Submission Date: 1894-07-14

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a combined railway-switch and car-replacing mechanism that is meant to "provide certain improved devices which can be arranged to operate as a switch mechanism, or as car replacing means, which can be easily manipulated, are of a simple construction and which will effectively serve for their intended purposes" (lines 11-16). It can be easily assembled and dissembled.
  • Physical Description: [1], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Railroads - Trains
  • Keyword: switches
  • Keyword: cars
  • Keyword: replacing
  • Keyword: mechansims

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - DeWitt County - Cuero

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: 530022
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth173863

Note

  • Display Note: Application filed July 14, 1894. Serial No. 517,582. (No model.)
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