Origsize: 12" x 8 1/4"; Origformat: Artifact; Resolution: 600 DPI
Name/Title
Patent approval for cotton-compress.
Entry/Object ID
2000.FIC.02.329
Scope and Content
Formal patent approval document for patent number 164903, for improvement in cotton-compresses awarded to J. Joseph Cahoon of Memphis Tennessee and also assigning 1/4 of his right to Thomas Cahoon of Cleveland. It uses steam or hydraulic power to compress a bale of cotton. It also includes a diagram of the invention.
No. 164,903
United States of America with lithograph of building below.
TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:
Whereas J. Joseph Cahoon, of Memphis, Tennessee
has presented to the Commissioner of Patents a petition praying for the grant of Letters Patent for an alleged and useful Improvement in Cotton Compresses He having signed one-forth of his right, title, and interest in said Improvement to Thomas H. Cahoon, of Cleveland, Ohio a description of which invention is contained in the Specifications of which a copy is whereunto annexed and made a part hereof...
Sketch of proposal is attached.
