Lifting Device. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Lifting Device.

Creator

  • Inventor: Jensen, Ole T.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Ole T. Jensen, of Weatherford, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Jackson, John L.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Morgan, A. C. R.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization
  • Witness: Doyle, William F.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Illustration witness
  • Witness: Doyle, C. E.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Illustration witness

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1896-09-15
  • Acceptance Date: 1896-09-15
  • Submission Date: 1896-01-31

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for "lifting devices, and particularly to the mechanism adapted for use as a stump-puller and for elevating heavy weights, the object in view being to provide a simple and efficient construction and arrangement of parts whereby sufficient power for elevating heavy weights may be communicated to a rotary shaft or drum, and whereby the means communicating motion to the drum may be moved out of operative position and a brake simultaneously applied in order to relieve the operating-lever from strain when the mechanism is at rest." (Lines 8-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
  • Physical Description: [2], 3 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

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

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Parker County - Weatherford

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: 567681
  • Government Documents No.: 02/577588
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth174378

Note

  • Display Note: Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,681, dated September 15, 1896. Application filed January 31, 1896. Serial No. 577,588. (No model.)
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