Cultivator. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Cultivator.

Creator

  • Inventor: Mayer, Henry A.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Henry A. Mayer, of Yorktown, Texas, assignor of one-half to Ben H. Janssen, of Yorktown, Texas. ; H. A. Mayer

Contributor

  • Witness: Kraege, A. G.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Kraege, F.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Siggers, Philip E.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness for illustration.
  • Witness: Siggers, J. H.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness for illustration.
  • Assignee: Janssen, Ben H.
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1922-01-03
  • Acceptance Date: 1922-01-03
  • Submission Date: 1919-11-29

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a riding cultivator that keeps the shovel gangs positioned "parallel with the line of the draft, or with the longitudinal axis of the machine" (lines 19-21), by shifting them in the direction that the driver guides the wheels. The cultivator also provides a means to keep the depth of cultivation as uniform as possible when working on uneven ground or in different kinds of soil.
  • Physical Description: 6 sheets, 8 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Cultivators
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Agricultural machinery
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Farm equipment
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Tillage
  • 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
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Agriculture - Farming
  • Keyword: shovel gangs
  • Keyword: tillers
  • Keyword: rototillers
  • Keyword: soil preparation

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

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

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: 1402242
  • Government Documents No.: 02/341424
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1257181
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