Cotton Elevator and Distributer. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Cotton Elevator and Distributer.

Creator

  • Inventor: Griffin, Thomas J.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Thomas J. Griffin, of Galveston, Texas, Assignor, by Direct and Mesne Assignments, of Four-Fifths to H. Riedel, Ed. McCarthy, and N. Weeks, of Same Place.

Contributor

  • Assignee: Riedel, Harmon
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Assignee: McCarthy, Edward
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Ed. McCarthy
  • Assignee: Weeks, Nicholas
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Siggers, John H.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Simms, Harold H.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1897-01-12
  • Acceptance Date: 1897-01-12
  • Submission Date: 1896-01-20

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for cotton elevators and distributors "whereby the cotton and air shall be separated in a simple and efficient manner and the air discharged from the suction-fan with the least possible degree of friction and back pressure." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
  • Physical Description: [1], 2 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 - Farm Equipment

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Galveston County - Galveston

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: 574990
  • Government Documents No.: 02/576216
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth174492

Note

  • Display Note: Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 574,990, dated January 12, 1897. Application filed January 20, 1896. Serial No. 576,216. (No model.)
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